Effects of saccharomyces cerevisiae mec1, tel1, and mre11 mutations on spontaneous and methylmethane sulfonate-induced genome instability

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Suetomi, Kazuhiro ^a   Mochizuki, Mai ^a   Suzuki, Shiori ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loss of heterozygosity; Mec1(atr) tel1(atm); Methylmethane sulfonate; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Spontaneous mutation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MRE11 PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEC1; PROTEIN TEL1; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MEC1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MRE11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TEL1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA DAMAGE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 77952759691     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.85.1     Document Type: Article

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