Characterization of a mouse recombination hot spot locus encoding a novel non-protein-coding RNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5620-5634

  Nishant, K T ^a   Ravishankar, H ^a   Rao, M R S ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA RECOMBINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA REPAIR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942536678     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.12.5620-5634.2004     Document Type: Article

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