| Literature DB >> 12582547 |
M. Horwath1, W. Kramer, R. Kunze.
Abstract
DNA mismatch repair proteins play an important role in maintaining the integrity of the genetic information during replication and homologous recombination. The MutS-homologous (MSH) and MutL-homologous (MLH) proteins are highly conserved among all prokaryotes and eukaryotes. We have isolated two mutS homologous genes from Zea mays, named Mus1 and Mus2. Phylogenetic analysis identifies Mus1 as a member of the MSH2 protein family. Mus2 is an ortholog of the Arabidopsis thaliana MSH7 protein and belongs to a subgroup of MSH proteins that is possibly plant-specific. Mus1 and Mus2 are expressed at very low levels. Mus1 is located on chromosome 7L near locus b32B, and mus2 maps on chromosome 3S.Entities:
Year: 2002 PMID： 12582547 DOI： 10.1007/s00122-002-0955-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Theor Appl Genet ISSN： 0040-5752 Impact factor: 5.699