DNA polymerase Β is critical for mouse meiotic synapsis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 410-423

  Kidane, Dawit ^a   Jonason, Alan S ^a   Gorton, Timothy S ^a   Mihaylov, Ivailo ^a   Pan, Jing ^b   Keeney, Scott ^b   De Rooij, Dirk G ^c   Ashley, Terry ^a   Keh, Agnes ^a   Liu, Yanfeng ^a   Banerjee, Urmi ^a   Zelterman, Daniel ^a   Sweasy, Joann B ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Reproductive Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; DNA repair; Meiosis; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AX GAMMA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RAD51 PROTEIN; REPLICATION FACTOR A; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SPO11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; POL BETA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SPERMATOCYTE; STRUCTURAL GENE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA REPAIR; ESTERASES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOCYTES;

DIPLONEMA; MUS; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 75049085302     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.357     Document Type: Article

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