A site- and strand-specific DNA break confers asymmetric switching potential in fission yeast

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 4503-4510

  Arcangioli, Benoit ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Imprinting; Nick; Recombination; Replication; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SILENT GENE; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MITOSIS; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032479993     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.15.4503     Document Type: Article

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