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Evolution of DNA double-strand break repair by gene conversion: coevolution between a phage and a restriction-modification system.
Genetics - 1 May 2007
Yahara Koji, Horie Ryota, Kobayashi Ichizo, Sasaki Akira
Abstract excerpt
The necessity to repair genome damage has been considered to be an immediate factor responsible for the origin of sex. Indeed, attack by a cellular restriction enzyme of invading DNA from several bacteriophages initiates recombinational repair by gene conversion if there is homologous DNA. In thi...
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