Ty1 insertions in intergenic regions of the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcribed by RNA polymerase III have no detectable selective effect

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 487-491

  Blanc, Victoria M ^a,b   Adams, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Asterand   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Evolution; Far3

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0742269680     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00199-5     Document Type: Article

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