Meiotic recombination initiated by a double-strand break in rad50Δ yeast cells otherwise unable to initiate meiotic recombination

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 741-754

  Malkova, A ^a   Ross, L ^b,d   Dawson, D ^b   Hoekstra, Merl F ^c   Haber, J E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030070982     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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