Long palindromic sequences induce double-strand breaks during meiosis in yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3449-3458

  Nasar, Farooq ^a   Jankowski, Craig ^a   Nag, Dilip K ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALLELES; AMINOHYDROLASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PYROPHOSPHATASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034107667     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.10.3449-3458.2000     Document Type: Article

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