Centromere and telomere movements during early meiotic prophase of mouse and man are associated with the onset of chromosome pairing

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1109-1125

  Scherthan, Harry ^a   Weich, Susanne ^a   Schwegler, Herbert ^b   Heyting, Christa ^c   Härle, Michael ^d   Cremer, Thomas ^e  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Klinikum   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029781869     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.5.1109     Document Type: Article

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