Cohesin Smc1β determines meiotic chromatin axis loop organization

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Novak, Ivana ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Revenkova, Ekaterina ^b   Jessberger, Rolf ^b,c   Scherthan, Harry ^d,e   Höög, Christer ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Radiobiologie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES 1BETA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SMC1L2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SYCP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SISTER CHROMATID; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MEIOSIS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES;

EID: 38349019812     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200706136     Document Type: Article

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