Mitotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 185-198

  Prado, Félix ^a   Cortés Ledesma, Felipe ^a   Huertas, Pablo ^a   Aguilera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crossover; DSB repair; Gene conversion; Mitotic recombination; RAD genes

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037279990     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0346-3     Document Type: Review

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