Meiotic Pairing: A Place to Hook up

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  McKim, K S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CROSSING OVER; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 33847333237     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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