A partial HPRT gene duplication generated by non-homologous recombination in V79 chinese hamster cells is eliminated by homologous recombination

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 687-694

  Helleday, Thomas ^a   Arnaudeau, Catherine ^a   Jenssen, Dag ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase; Non homologous recombination; Partial gene duplication; V79 Chinese hamster cells

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; DNA RECOMBINATION; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAMSTER; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0032546733     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1809     Document Type: Article

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