An easy protocol for studying chromatin and recombination protein dynamics during Arabidopsisthaliana meiosis: Immunodetection of cohesins, histones and MLH1

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 143-153

  Chelysheva, Liudmila ^a   Grandont, L ^a   Vrielynck, N ^a   Le Guin, S ^a   Mercier, R ^a   Grelon, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chiasmata; Meiosis; MLH1; Mutants; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COHESIN; HISTONE; PROTEIN MLH1; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COHESINS; MLH1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CROSSING OVER; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; RAT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; RATS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77955292047     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314096     Document Type: Article

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