Differential intrachromosomal hyper-recombination phenotype of spt4 and spt6 mutants of S. cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-106

  Malagón, Francisco ^a   Aguilera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA repeats; Hyper recombination; SPT SIN; SWI SNF; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029770436     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050107     Document Type: Article

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