Defining the roles of the N-terminal region and the helicase activity of RECQ4A in DNA repair and homologous recombination in Arabidopsis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1684-1697

  Schröpfer, Susan ^a   Kobbe, Daniela ^a   Hartung, Frank ^b   Knoll, Alexander ^a   Puchta, Holger ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DNA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; RECQ HELICASE; RECQ4A HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LYSINE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84896724870     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1004     Document Type: Article

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