The recombinases Rad51 and Dmc1 play distinct roles in DNA break repair and recombination partner choice in the meiosis of Tetrahymena

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Howard Till, Rachel A ^a   Lukaszewicz, Agnieszka ^a   Loidl, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN DMC1; RAD51 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SOMATIC CELL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; CROSSING OVER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA;

PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; MEIOSIS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 79953743754     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001359     Document Type: Article

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