Recurrent locus-specific mutation resulting from a cryptic ectopic insertion in neurospora

Genetics

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 527-544

  Perkins, David D ^a   Freitag, Michael ^b,d   Pollard, Virginia C ^a   Bailey Shrode, Lori A ^c   Selker, Eric U ^b   Ebbole, Daniel J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; CROSSING OVER; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; POINT MUTATION;

NEUROSPORA;

ALLELES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA, FUNGAL; FERTILIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUROSPORA; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 34247884420     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.065714     Document Type: Article

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