Two genes required for meiotic recombination in Drosophila are expressed from a dicistronic message

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1735-1746

  Liu, H ^a   Jang, J K ^a   Graham, J ^a   Nycz, K ^a   McKim, K S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034040617     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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