Gene conversion tract directionality is influenced by the chromosome environment

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 269-279

  Cho, Jennifer Whelden ^a   Khalsa, Guru Jot ^b   Nickoloff, Jac A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double strand breaks; Heteroduplex DNA; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONVERSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031785302     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050396     Document Type: Article

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