An mre11 mutant of Coprinus cinereus has defects in meiotic chromosome pairing, condensation and synapsis

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1125-1139

  Gerecke, Erin E ^a   Zolan, Miriam E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; COPRINUS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS;

EID: 0034048984     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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