Rec25 and Rec27, Novel Linear-Element Components, Link Cohesin to Meiotic DNA Breakage and Recombination

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 849-854

  Davis, Luther ^a   Rozalén, Ana E ^b   Moreno, Sergio ^b   Smith, Gerald R ^a   Martín Castellanos, Cristina ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COHESINS; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; REC10 PROTEIN, S POMBE; REC25 PROTEIN, S POMBE; REC27 PROTEIN, S POMBE; REC8 PROTEIN, S POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 44349182509     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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