Repair of strand breaks by homologous recombination

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Jasin, Maria ^a   Rothstein, Rodney ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; PLASMIDS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84870766296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012740     Document Type: Article

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