Asy1, a protein required for meiotic chromosome synapsis, localizes to axis-associated chromatin in Arabidopsis and Brassica

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3645-3655

  Armstrong, Susan J ^a   Caryl, Anthony P ^a   Jones, Gareth H ^a   Franklin, F Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassica; Meiosis; Synapsis; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; INTERPHASE; MEIOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BRASSICA; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLLEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA;

EID: 0037106617     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00048     Document Type: Article

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