Comparative analysis of meiotic progression in female mice bearing mutations in genes of the DNA mismatch repair pathway

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 462-471

  Kan, Rui ^a   Sun, Xianfei ^a   Kolas, Nadine K ^a,d   Avdievich, Elena ^b   Kneitz, Burkhard ^c   Edelmann, Winfried ^b   Cohen, Paula E ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Gametogenesis; Meiosis; Mismatch repair; Oocyte development; Ovary; Recombination; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN EXO1; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MLH3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 40949161775     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.065771     Document Type: Article

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