Rad52 function prevents chromosome loss and truncation in Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1462-1482

  Andaluz, E ^a   Bellido, A ^a   Gomez Raja J ^a   Selmecki, A ^b   Bouchonville, K ^b   Calderone, R ^c   Berman, J ^b   Larriba, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAD52 PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME LOSS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC STABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TELOMERE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79952376739     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07532.x     Document Type: Article

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