A mechanism of palindromic gene amplification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1390-1399

  Rattray, Alison J ^a   Shafer, Brenda K ^a   Neelam, Beena ^b   Strathern, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

BFB; DNA palindrome; Gene amplification; MR complex; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; SAE2

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 22344455087     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1315805     Document Type: Article

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