A recombinationally repressed region between mat2 and mat3 loci shares homology to centromeric repeats and regulates directionality of mating-type switching in fission yeast

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1221-1238

  Grewal, Shiv I S ^a   Klar, Amar J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; GENOME, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030803874     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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