SPO11: An activity that promotes DNA breaks required for meiosis;SPO11: Une activité de coupure de l'ADN indispensable à la méiose

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-218

  Baudat, Frédéric ^a   De Massy, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM CELL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROPHASE; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPO11 GENE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1042302927     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2004202213     Document Type: Review

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