Meiotic chromosome synapsis-promoting proteins antagonize the anti-crossover activity of sgs1

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1402-1412

  Jessop, Lea ^a   Rockmill, Beth ^b   Roeder, G Shirleen ^b,c   Lichten, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HELICASE; PROTEIN MER3; PROTEIN MSH4; PROTEIN MSH5; PROTEIN SGS1; PROTEIN ZIP1; PROTEIN ZIP2; PROTEIN ZIP3; PROTEIN ZIP4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SGS1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SYNAPSIS;

CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 33749379653     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020155     Document Type: Article

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