Intron homing with limited exon homology: Illegitimate double-strand-break repair in intron acquisition by phage T4

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1513-1523

  Parker, Monica M ^a   Belisle, Maureen ^a   Belfort, Marlene ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; EXONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXON; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, VIRAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXONS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032713234     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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