Functional redundancy of two C. elegans homologs of the histone chaperone Asf1 in germline DNA replication

Developmental Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-79

  Grigsby, Iwen F ^a   Rutledge, Eric M ^a   Morton, Christine A ^a   Finger, Fern P ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asf1; asfl 1; C. elegans; Chromatin; Gametogenesis; Replication; Sterility; unc 85

Indexed keywords

ANTI SILENCING FUNCTION 1 PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; DNA; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TAIL; UNC 85 GENE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 64049108665     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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