A conserved function for a Caenorhabditis elegans Com1/Sae2/CtIP protein homolog in meiotic recombination

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5071-5082

  Penkner, Alexandra ^a   Portik Dobos, Zsuzsanna ^a   Tang, Lois ^a   Schnabel, Ralf ^b   Novatchkova, Maria ^c   Jantsch, Verena ^a   Loidl, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Crossing over; DNA repair; Meiosis; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; COMPLETION OF MEIOTIC 1 PROTEIN; CTIP PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 37149043618     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601916     Document Type: Article

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