Expansions of trinucleotide GAA-TTC tracts are associated with the human disease Friedreich's ataxia, and long GAA-TTC tracts elevate genome instability in yeast. We show that tracts of (GAA)(230)-(TTC)(230) stimulate mitotic crossovers in yeast about 10,000-fold relative to a "normal" DNA sequence; (GAA)(n)-(TTC)(n) tracts, however, do not significantly elevate meiotic recombination. Most of the mitotic crossovers are associated with a region of non-reciprocal transfer of information (gene conversion).
Friedreich's Ataxia (GAA)(n)-(TTC)(n) Repeats Strongly Stimulate Mitotic Crossovers in Saccharomyces cerevisae
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