A replicational model for DNA recombination between direct repeats

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 849-858

  Bi, Xin ^a,b   Liu, Leroy F ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct repeats; DNA replication; Misalignment; recA independent recombination; Sister strand exchange

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029877516     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0131     Document Type: Article

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