Three-dimensional microscopy of the Rad51 recombination protein during meiotic prophase

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 809-824

  Franklin, Amie E ^a   McElver, John ^a   Sunjevaric, Ivana ^b   Rothstein, Rodney ^b   Bowen, Ben ^c   Zacheus Cande, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHASE; PROTEIN RAD 51;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033133575     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.5.809     Document Type: Article

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