From bacteria to plants: A compendium of mismatch repair assays

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 682, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 110-128

  Spampinato, Claudia P ^a   Gomez, Rodrigo L ^a   Galles, Celina ^a   Lario, Luciana D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Base substitution; Frameshift; Heteroduplex DNA; MutL homologues; MutS homologues; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO SELECTION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PLANTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HOMO SAPIENS; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 71849114865     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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