Mismatch repair proteins, meiosis, and mice: Understanding the complexities of mammalian meiosis

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-79

  Svetlanov, Anton ^a   Cohen, Paula E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knockout; Meiosis; Mismatch repair; MLH1; MLH3; Mouse; MSH4; MSH5; Recombination; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMICS; INFERTILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOCYTE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2142752716     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.03.020     Document Type: Review

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