A cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain is required for oscillatory nuclear movement of meiotic prophase and efficient meiotic recombination in fission yeast

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1233-1249

  Yamamoto, Ayumu ^a   West, Robert R ^b   McIntosh, J Richard ^b   Hiraoka, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynein; Fission yeast; Homologous chromosome pairing; Meiosis; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DYNEIN ATPASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TELOMERE;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033553905     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.6.1233     Document Type: Article

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