A 700 bp cis-acting region controls mating-type dependent recombination along the entire left arm of yeast chromosome III

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Wu, Xiaohua ^a   Haber, James E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE SWITCHING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030592510     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81345-8     Document Type: Article

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