Mutations occurring at the human minisatellite MS1 integrated in haploid yeast are similar to MS1 mutations in humans

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Maleki, S ^a   Cederberg, H ^a   Rannug, U ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Minisatellites; MS1; Repetitive DNA; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; VNTRs

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

ARTICLE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTAGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030984633     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050388     Document Type: Article

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