The yeast motor protein, Kar3p, is essential for meiosis I

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 459-467

  Bascom Slack, Carol A ^a   Dawson, Dean S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; YEAST;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; KINETICS; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PROPHASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030777407     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.2.459     Document Type: Article

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