Rapid, efficient and precise allele replacement in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Current Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-119

  Gao, Jun ^a   Kan, Fengling ^a   Wagnon, Jacy L ^a,b   Storey, Aaron J ^a   Protacio, Reine U ^a   Davidson, Mari K ^a   Wahls, Wayne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Genetics; Mutagenesis; Reverse genetics

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA; DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE GENETICS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PROCEDURES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ALLELES; DNA; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 84900322882     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-013-0406-x     Document Type: Article

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