RAD5A, RECQ4A, AND MUS81 have specific functions in homologous recombination and define different pathways of dna repair in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3318-3330

  Mannuss, Anja ^a   Dukowic Schulze, Stefanie ^a   Suer, Stefanie ^a   Hartung, Frank ^a   Pacher, Michael ^a   Puchta, Holger ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 78649518584     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.078568     Document Type: Article

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