Centromere protein B null mice are mitotically and meiotically normal but have lower body and testis weights

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-319

  Hudson, Damien F ^a   Fowler, Kerry J ^a   Earle, Elizabeth ^a   Saffery, Richard ^a   Kalitsis, Paul ^a   Trowell, Helen ^a   Hill, Joanne ^a   Wreford, Nigel G ^b   De Kretser, David M ^b   Cancilla, Michael R ^a   Howman, Emily ^a   Hii, Linda ^a   Cutts, Suzanne M ^a   Irvine, Danielle V ^a   Choo, K H A ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 15444343984     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.2.309     Document Type: Article

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