The rad9 gene of Coprinus cinereus encodes a proline-rich protein required for meiotic chromosome condensation and synapsis

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1105-1117

  Seitz, Lisa C ^a   Tang, Keliang ^a   Cummings, W Jason ^a   Zolan, Miriam E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COPRINUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; COPRINUS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029865261     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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