Telomere-led bouquet formation facilitates homologous chromosome pairing and restricts ectopic interaction in fission yeast meiosis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3831-3840

  Niwa, Osami ^a   Shimanuki, Mizuki ^a   Miki, Futaba ^a  

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bouquet; Chromosome pairing; Fission yeast; Meiosis; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; YEAST;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034679735     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3831     Document Type: Article

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