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. 1985 Jan;82(2):506-10.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.82.2.506.

Genetic control of chromosome length in yeast

R M Walmsley, T D Petes

Genetic control of chromosome length in yeast

R M Walmsley et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1985 Jan.

Abstract

The chromosomes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae terminate with sequences that have the form poly(C1-3-A). In this paper, we show that within an individual yeast strain all chromosomes end with tracts of poly(C1-3-A) of similar lengths; however, different strains can have tracts that vary in length by a factor of two. By a genetic analysis, we demonstrate that yeast cells have a mechanism that allows them to change rapidly the length of their chromosomes by altering the length of the poly(C1-3-A) tract.

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