Increased ploidy and KAR3 and SIR3 disruption alter the dynamics of meiotic chromosomes and telomeres

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2431-2442

  Trelles Sticken, Edgar ^a   Loidl, Josef ^b   Scherthan, Harry ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bouquet; Haploid; Kar3; Meiosis; Polyploid; Sir3; Telomeres; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN KAR3; PROTEIN SIR3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DIPLOIDY; GERM CELLS; HAPLOIDY; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PLOIDIES; PROPHASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0038159321     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00453     Document Type: Review

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