Methylation of DNA repeats of decreasing sizes in Ascobolus immersus

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3054-3065

  Goyon, Christophe ^a   Barry, Caroline ^a   Grégoire, Annie ^a   Faugeron, Godeleine ^a,b   Rossignol, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE NUMBER; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

ASCOBOLUS IMMERSUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0029894668     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.3054     Document Type: Article

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