Gene conversion results in the equalization of genome copies in the polyploid haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 666-677

  Lange, Christian ^a   Zerulla, Karolin ^a   Breuert, Sebastian ^a,b   Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CULTURE MEDIA; GENE CONVERSION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; LEUCINE; MUTAGENESIS; POLYPLOIDY; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 79955045993     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07600.x     Document Type: Article

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