Mammalian MutS homologue 5 is required for chromosome pairing in meiosis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Edelmann, Winfried ^a   Cohen, Paula E ^a   Kneitz, Burkhard ^a   Winand, Nena ^b   Lia, Marie ^a   Heyer, Joerg ^a   Kolodner, Richard ^b   Pollard, Jeffrey W ^a   Kucherlapati, Raju ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COLON CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINE CANCER; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032900534     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/5075     Document Type: Article

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