Telomeres in meiotic recombination: The yeast side story

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-130

  Joseph, I ^a   Lustig, A J ^a  

^a Department of Biochemistry SL 43 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bouquet structures; Commitment; Meiosis; Meiotic prophase; Recombination; Synapsis; Telomere; Telomere clustering

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SYNAPSE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 33846472518     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6464-1     Document Type: Review

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