Crossovers trigger a remodeling of meiotic chromosome axis composition that is linked to two-step loss of sister chromatid cohesion

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2886-2901

  Martinez Perez, Enrique ^a   Schvarzstein, Mara ^b   Barroso, Consuelo ^a   Lightfoot, James ^a   Dernburg, Abby F ^c,d   Villeneuve, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome axes; Chromosome remodeling; Crossover; Crossover interference; Meiosis; Sister chromatid cohesion

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; PROTEIN HTP 1; PROTEIN HTP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME; COUPLING FACTOR; CROSSING OVER; MEIOSIS; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SISTER CHROMATID;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 54349096552     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1694108     Document Type: Article

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