Characterization of a Caenorhabditis elegans recA-like gene Ce-rdh-1 involved in meiotic recombination

DNA Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 373-377

  Takanami, Takako ^a   Sato, Shusei ^b   Ishihara, Takeshi ^c   Katsura, Isao ^c   Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a   Higashitani, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

DMC1; LIM15; Meiosis; RAD51; RecA like gene

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; RAD 51PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RAD-51PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RECA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GONAD; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GONADS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOGENESIS; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032585348     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/5.6.373     Document Type: Article

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