Synaptonemal complex length variation in wild-type male mice

Genes

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-520

  Vranis, Neil M ^a   van der Heijden, Godfried W ^b   Malki, Safia ^b   Bortvin, Alex ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic background; Meiosis; Mouse; REC8; Synapsis; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROPHASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

MUS; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 79952090762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes1030505     Document Type: Article

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