The catalytically active tyrosine residues of both SPO11-1 and SPO11-2 are required for meiotic double-strand break induction in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3090-3099

  Hartung, Frank ^a   Wurz Wildersinn, Rebecca ^a   Fuchs, Jörg ^b   Schubert, Ingo ^b   Suer, Stefanie ^a   Puchta, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; YEAST;

CHROMOSOME FRAGMENTATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EUKARYOTES; MEIOTIC PHENOTYPES; SINGLE MUTANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARCHAEA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 37249010135     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.054817     Document Type: Article

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