MRE11 and RAD50, but not NBS1, are essential for gene targeting in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3496-3510

  Kamisugi, Yasuko ^a   Schaefer, Didier G ^b,c   Kozak, Jaroslav ^d   Charlot, Florence ^b   Vrielynck, Nathalie ^b   Holá, Marcela ^d   Angelis, Karel J ^d   Cuming, Andrew C ^a   Nogué, Fabien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; MRE11 PROTEIN; MRE11 RAD50 NBS1 PROTEIN COMPLEX; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NIBRIN; RAD50 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MRE11 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAD50 GENE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TRANSGENE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

BRYOPSIDA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS;

BRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 84860379038     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1272     Document Type: Article

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