Characterization of Meiotic Recombination Initiation Sites Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 745, Issue , 2011, Pages 33-45

  Farmer, Sarah ^a   Leung, Wing Kit ^a   Tsubouchi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budding yeast; chromosomes; double strand breaks; meiosis; pulsed field gel electrophoresis; recombination; recombination hot spot; Spo11

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 80053316942     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-129-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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