illegitimate recombination

RECOMBINATION occurring between DNA sequences with little or no HOMOLOGY.

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References in periodicals archive

Adenovirus serotype evolution is driven by illegitimate recombination in the hypervariable regions of the hexon protein.

Novel human adenovirus strain, Bangladesh

"Homology-facilitated illegitimate recombination" increased the integration of foreign (nonhomologous) DNA at least 105 fold when it was flanked on one side by a piece of DNA homologous to the recipient genome.

DNA in GM food and feed

In one embodiment of the invention, expression of an endogenous gene is activated or increased following integration into the cell, by non-homologous or illegitimate recombination, of a regulatory sequence that activates expression of the gene.

Athersys obtains United States patent

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