Recombination frequency in plasmid DNA containing direct repeats-predictive correlation with repeat and intervening sequence length

Plasmid

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Oliveira, Pedro H ^a   Lemos, Francisco ^a   Monteiro, Gabriel A ^a   Prazeres, Duarte M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Direct repeats; Intervening sequence; Plasmid DNA; Recombination frequency; Sister chromosome exchange

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPLICON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 49949118846     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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