Meiotic condensin is required for proper chromosome compaction, SC assembly, and resolution of recombination-dependent chromosome linkages

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 937-947

  Yu, Hong Guo ^a   Koshland, Douglas E ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome structure; Double strand breaks; Meiosis; S. cerevisiae; SMC family

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CONDENSIN; PROTEIN HOP1; PROTEIN RED1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0348110380     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200308027     Document Type: Article

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