Heteroduplex formation, mismatch resolution, and genetic sectoring during homologous recombination in the hyperthermophilic archaeon sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Mao, Dominic ^a   Grogan, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Genetic transformation; Linear DNA; Mismatch repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873168009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00192     Document Type: Article

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