Trans events associated with crossovers are revealed in the absence of mismatch repair genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1305-1310

  Hoffmann, Eva R ^a   Borts, Rhona H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; PROTEIN MSH1; PROTEIN MSH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINOHYDROLASES; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA REPAIR; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 17444414901     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.033407     Document Type: Article

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