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Sets of degenerate oligomers corresponding to highly conserved domains
of MutS-homolog (MSH) mismatch-repair proteins primed polymerase chai
n reaction amplification of two Arabidopsis thaliana DNA fragments tha
t are homologous to eukaryotic MSH-like genes. Phylogenetic analysis p
laces one complete gene, designated atMSH2, in the evolutionarily dist
inct MSH2 subfamily.