Gene conversion and end-joining-repair double-strand breaks in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline

Genetics

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 673-679

  Robert, Valérie J ^a,b   Davis, M Wayne ^c   Jorgensen, Erik M ^c   Bessereau, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CROSSING OVER; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE CONVERSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME, HELMINTH; GERM-LINE MUTATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 55049130260     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.089698     Document Type: Article

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