Exon coconversion biases accompanying intron homing: Battle of the nucleases

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2158-2166

  Mueller, John E ^a   Smith, Dorie ^a   Belfort, Marlene ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

coconversion analysis; exonucleolytic degradation; persistent endonuclease binding; Phage T4 td intron; recombination pathways

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; EXONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029831039     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.17.2158     Document Type: Article

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