Suppression of crossing-over by DNA methylation in Ascobolus

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1381-1389

  Maloisel, Laurent ^a,b   Rossignol, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Ascobolus immersus; Chromosome rearrangements; Crossing over; DNA methylation; Meiotic recombination; Repeat DNA sequences

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASCOBOLUS IMMERSUS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CROSSING OVER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCOBOLUS; ASCOBOLUS IMMERSUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0032079514     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.9.1381     Document Type: Article

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