Characterization of fission yeast meiotic mutants based on live observation of meiotic prophase nuclear movement

Chromosoma

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 103-109

  Hiraoka, Yasushi ^a   Ding, Da Qiao ^a   Yamamoto, Ayumu ^a   Tsutsumi, Chihiro ^a   Chikashige, Yuji ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZYGOTE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, FUNGAL; DYNEIN ATPASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HAPLOIDY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROPHASE; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033917524     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050417     Document Type: Article

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