Role of the mod(mdg4) common region in homolog segregation in Drosophila male meiosis

Genetics

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-180

  Soltani Bejnood, Morvarid ^a   Thomas, Sharon E ^a   Villeneuve, Louisa ^a   Schwartz, Kierstyn ^a   Hong, Chia Sin ^a   McKee, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN MNM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MODIFIER OF MDG4 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MDG4 GENE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONDISJUNCTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 34548564141     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.063289     Document Type: Article

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