Evidence for both 3′ and 5′ single-strand DNA ends in intermediates in Chi-stimulated recombination in vivo

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-339

  Razavy, Haide ^a   Szigety, Susan K ^a   Rosenberg, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030026028     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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