Palindromic sequences and A+T-rich DNA elements promote illegitimate recombination in Nicotiana tabacum

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-46

  Muller A E ^a   Kamisugi, Y ^a   Gruneberg R ^b   Niedenhof, I ^b   Horold R J ^b   Meyer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Max Delbruck Laboratorium der Max Planck Gesellschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakage and rejoining model; Copy choice model; DNA cruciform structure; Illegitimate recombination; SAR element

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA MARKER; PALINDROMIC DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0344721491     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2957     Document Type: Article

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