Efficient gap repair in Drosophila melanogaster requires a maximum of 31 nucleotides of homologous sequence at the searching ends

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 627-634

  Keeler, Katherine J ^a   Gloor, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031038677     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.627     Document Type: Article

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