Meiotic nuclear reorganization: Switching the position of centromeres and telomeres in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-202

  Chikashige, Yuji ^b   Ding, Da Qiao ^b   Imai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a   Haraguchi, Tokuko ^b   Hiraoka, Yasushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Chromosome dynamics; Fission yeast; Fluorescence microscopy; Meiosis; Telomere

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS MUTANT; HAPLOIDY; MEIOSIS; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PROPHASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031025531     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.1.193     Document Type: Article

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