Distribution of the Rad51 recombinase in human and mouse spermatocytes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5207-5215

  Barlow, Andrew L ^a   Benson, Fiona E ^b   West, Stephen C ^b   Hultén, Maj A ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Meiosis; Recombination; Recombination nodule; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRASES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030818573     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.17.5207     Document Type: Article

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