Nicolas A, Treco D, Schultes N P, Szostak J W
Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
Nature. 1989 Mar 2;338(6210):35-9. doi: 10.1038/338035a0.
An initiation site for meiotic gene conversion has been identified in the promoter region of the ARG4 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The chromosome on which initiation occurs is the recipient of genetic information during gene conversion.
酿酒酵母ARG4基因的启动子区域已确定了减数分裂基因转换的起始位点。基因转换过程中,起始发生所在的染色体是遗传信息的接受者。