Progression into the first meiotic division is sensitive to histone H2A- H2B dimer concentration in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 647-659

  Tsui, Kochung ^a   Simon, Lee ^a   Norris, David ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS;

HISTONES; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031020739     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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