DNA double-strand breaks and homology search: Inferences from a species with incomplete pairing and synapsis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2957-2963

  Calvente, Adela ^a   Viera, Alberto ^a   Page, Jesús ^a   Parra, M Teresa ^a   Gómez, Rocío ^a   Suja, José A ^a   Rufas, Julio S ^a   Santos, Juan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

H2AX; Double strand breaks; Meiosis; RAD51; Recombination; Synapsis

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE; RAD51 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME BIVALENT; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GRASSHOPPER; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; GRASSHOPPERS; HISTONES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23744469417     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02391     Document Type: Article

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