Mouse MutS-like protein Msh5 is required for proper chromosome synapsis in male and female meiosis

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 523-531

  De Vries, Sandra S ^a   Baart, Esther B ^b   Dekker, Marleen ^a   Siezen, Ariaan ^b   De Rooij, Dirk G ^c   De Boer, Peter ^b   Te Riele, Hein ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Mismatch repair; Mouse; Recombination; Synapsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0033105760     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.5.523     Document Type: Article

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