Unintended Side Effects of Transformation Are Very Rare in Cryptococcus neoformans
Received wisdom in the field of fungal biology holds that the process of editing a genome by transformation and homologous recombination is inherently mutagenic. However, that belief is based on circumstantial evidence. We provide the first direct measurement of the effects of transformation on a fu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018-03-01
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Series: | G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.117.300357 |