Multiple roles of Spo11 in meiotic chromosome behavior

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2739-2750

  Celerin, Martina ^a   Merino, Sandra T ^a   Stone, Jana E ^a   Menzie, Ann M ^a   Zolan, Miriam E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Coprinus; Meiotic spindle; spo11; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; COPRINUS; FUNGUS MUTANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; COPRINUS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, FUNGAL; ESTERASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 0034212366     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.11.2739     Document Type: Article

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