The Arabidopsis SYN1 cohesin protein is required for sister chromatid arm cohesion and homologous chromosome pairing

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2999-3007

  Cai, Xue ^a   Dong, Fugui ^a   Edelmann, Richard E ^a   Makaroff, Christopher A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cohesins; Meiosis; Synapsis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COHESIN;

ANAPHASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; INTERPHASE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SISTER CHROMATID;

ANAPHASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0043172371     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00601     Document Type: Article

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