Chromosomal influence on meiotic spindle assembly: Abnormal meiosis I in female Mlh1 mutant mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1395-1406

  Woods, Linda M ^a   Hodges, Craig A ^a   Baart, Esther ^b   Baker, Sean M ^c   Liskay, Michael ^d   Hunt, Patricia A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Meiosis; Mismatch repair; Oocyte; Spindle formation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SISTER CHROMATID;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; KINETOCHORES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033612535     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.7.1395     Document Type: Article

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