mei-W68 in Drosophila melanogaster encodes a Spo11 homolog: Evidence that the mechanism for initiating meiotic recombination is conserved

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 2932-2942

  McKim, Kim S ^a   Hayashi Hagihara, Aki ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Double strand break; Drosophila; Meiosis; Meiotic recombination; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MAPPING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032530197     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.18.2932     Document Type: Article

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