Meiotic instability of human minisatellite CEB1 in yeast requires DNA double-strand breaks

Nature Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-371

  Debrauwère, Hélène ^a   Buard, Jérôme ^b   Tessier, Jacques ^b,c   Aubert, Dominique ^b   Vergnaud, Gilles ^b,c,d   Nicolas, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA STRAND; MEIOSIS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032700180     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/15557     Document Type: Article

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