A novel fission yeast gene, kms1+, is required for the formation of meiotic prophase-specific nuclear architecture

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-249

  Shimanuki, M ^a   Miki, F ^a   Ding, D Q ^b   Chikashige, Y ^b   Hiraoka, Y ^b   Horio, T ^a,c   Niwa, O ^a  

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meiotic prophase; Recombination; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Spindle pole body; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

EID: 0030940408     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050412     Document Type: Article

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