Dissecting the mammalian synaptonemal complex using targeted mutations

Chromosome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-589

  Costa, Yael ^a   Cooke, Howard J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 34547697573     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1142-1     Document Type: Review

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