Action of repeat-induced point mutation on both strands of a duplex and on tandem duplications of various sizes in neurospora

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 705-714

  Watters, Michael K ^a   Randall, Thomas A ^b   Margolin, Brian S ^c   Selker, Eric U ^c   Stadier, David R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0032859511     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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