Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
The yeast mating-type switching endonuclease HO is a domesticated member of an unorthodox homing genetic element family
A. Y. Coughlan, L. Lombardi, S. Braun-Galleani…·K. H. Wolfe
The paper identifies HO as a domesticated homing genetic element from the WHO family in yeast, showing structural and functional similarities to these elements.
DOI 10.7554/elife.55336