Meiotic pairing and segregation of achiasmate sex chromosomes in eutherian mammals: The role of SYCP3 protein

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2122-2134

  De La Fuente, Roberto ^a   Parra, María Teresa ^a   Viera, Alberto ^a   Calvente, Adela ^a   Gómez, Rocío ^a   Suja, José Ángel ^a   Rufas, Julio S ^a   Page, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MLH1; RAD51 PROTEIN; SYCP1 PROTEIN; SYCP3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GERBIL; MALE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPERMATOCYTE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EUTHERIA; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GERBILLINAE; HISTONES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 37349019003     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030198     Document Type: Article

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