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Precise excision of the retrotransposon gypsy from the forked and cut loci in a genetically unstable D. melanogaster strain.
Nucleic acids research - 11 Nov 1994
Kuzin A B, Lyubomirskaya N V, Khudaibergenova B M, Ilyin Y V, Kim A I
Abstract excerpt
The genetically unstable Mutator Strain of D. melanogaster is characterised by a high frequency of spontaneous mutations and their reversions. Three forked mutants were obtained independently and several reversions arose spontaneously with frequency of 10(-3)-10(-4). The sites of integration and excision of the gypsy retrotransposon were analysed by Southern blot analysis and sequencing of PCR fragments. In all...
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