A major recombination hotspot in the XqYq pseudoautosomal region gives new insight into processing of human gene conversion events

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2029-2038

  Sarbajna, Shriparna ^a,b   Denniff, Matthew ^a   Jeffreys, Alec J ^a   Neumann, Rita ^a   Artigas, María Soler ^a   Veselis, Amelia ^a   May, Celia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA; GENE CONVERSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84859229732     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds019     Document Type: Article

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