What comparative genomics tells us about the evolution of eukaryotic genes involved in recombinations

Current Genomics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-121

  Hartung, F ^a   Puchta, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Homologous recombination; Intron positions; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MRE11 PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; SPO11 PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMICS; INTRON; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 1442351166     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202043489917     Document Type: Review

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