BRCA2 is a mediator of RAD51- and DMC1-facilitated homologous recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-375

  Seeliger, Katharina ^a   Dukowic Schulze, Stefanie ^a   Wurz Wildersinn, Rebecca ^a   Pacher, Michael ^a   Puchta, Holger ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; BRCA2; DMC1; Homologous recombination (HR); Immunolocalization; Meiosis; RAD51

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATDMC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ATRAD51 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL DNA; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; T DNA; T-DNA;

CANCER; CYTOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTOXICITY; MEDICINE; MUTATION; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVULE; PLANT GENE; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; OVULE; PLANT INFERTILITY; POLLEN; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 84155164987     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03947.x     Document Type: Article

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