Stimulation of mitotic recombination events by high levels of RNA polymerase II transcription in yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 5404-5414

  Saxe, Dean ^a,b   Datta, Abhijit ^a,c   Jinks Robertson, Sue ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WorldWide Testingcom   (United States)

^c GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CROSSING OVER; GENE CONTROL; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; YEAST;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; L-AMINOADIPATE-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0033910658     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.15.5404-5414.2000     Document Type: Article

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