Effect of monovalent cations and G-quadruplex structures on the outcome of intramolecular homologous recombination

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2983-2993

  Barros, Paula ^a   Boán, Francisco ^a   Blanco, Miguel G ^a   Gómez Márquez, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

G quadruplex; Minisatellite MsH43; Monovalent cations; Recombination fidelity; Repetitive sequences

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 65549089595     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07013.x     Document Type: Article

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