Tetrad analysis shows that gene conversion is the major mechanism involved in mutation at the human minisatellite MS1 integrated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetical Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Berg, Ingrid ^a   Cederberg, Håkan ^a   Rannug, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA MARKER; DNA MINISATELLITE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE CONVERSION; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034010124     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399004139     Document Type: Article

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