The yeast HPR1 gene has a functional role in transcriptional elongation that uncovers a novel source of genome instability

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3459-3470

  Chávez, Sebastián ^a   Aguilera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA repeats; Genomic instability; HPR1; lacZ reporter; Transcription elongation; Transcription induced recombination

Indexed keywords

AZAURACIL; ELONGATION FACTOR; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031439267     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.24.3459     Document Type: Article

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