Retinoblastoma protein is essential for early meiotic events in Arabidopsis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 744-755

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Higgins, James D ^b   Hui, Jeanie Tan Li ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Franklin, F Chris H ^b   Berger, Frédéric ^a,c  

^a Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; meiosis; meiotic recombination; retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN ZYP1; RECOMBINASE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE GAMETOPHYTE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT TISSUE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEIOSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 79951806990     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.344     Document Type: Article

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