Initiation of meiotic recombination in mammals

Genes

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 521-549

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a   de Massy, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Crossover; DSB; Hotspot; Mei1; Mei4; Meiosis; Prdm9; Recombination; Spo11

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CROSSING OVER; DIMERIZATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHASE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79952089402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes1030521     Document Type: Review

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