Use of a recombination reporter insert to define meiotic recombination domains on chromosome III of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4832-4842

  Borde, Valérie ^a   Wu, Tzu Chen ^a   Lichten, Michael ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CROSSING OVER; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033066675     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.7.4832     Document Type: Article

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