Modulating and targeting meiotic double-strand breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 557, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-33

  Nicolas, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

initiation; meiosis; recombination; Spo11

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SPO11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II, EUKARYOTIC; GENE TARGETING; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 70350787014     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-527-5_3     Document Type: Review

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