Meiotic recombination protein Rec12: Functional conservation, crossover homeostasis and early crossover/non-crossover decision

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1460-1472

  Kan, Fengling ^a   Davidson, Mari K ^a   Wahls, Wayne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; SPO11 PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; GENE CONVERSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 79952334423     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq993     Document Type: Article

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