The mismatch repair system reduces meiotic homeologous recombination and stimulates recombination-dependent chromosome loss

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 6110-6120

  Chambers, Scott R ^a   Hunter, Neil ^a   Louis, Edward J ^a   Borts, Rhona H ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DISOMY; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES PARADOXUS;

EID: 0029802538     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.11.6110     Document Type: Article

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