Identification of chromosome sequence motifs that mediate meiotic pairing and synapsis in C. elegans

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 934-942

  Phillips, Carolyn M ^a,e   Meng, Xiangdong ^b   Zhang, Lei ^b   Chretien, Jacqueline H ^a,c   Urnov, Fyodor D ^b   Dernburg, Abby F ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HIM8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 3;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 68249096002     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1904     Document Type: Article

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