Functional interactions of Rec24, the fission yeast ortholog of mouse Mei4, with the meiotic recombination-initiation complex

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1328-1338

  Bonfils, Sandrine ^a   Rozalén, Ana E ^a   Smith, Gerald R ^b   Moreno, Sergio ^a   Martín Castellanos, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; Meiotic recombination; Recombination initiation complex; Spo11 accessory proteins

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEI4; PROTEIN REC24; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; MEIOSIS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EUKARYOTA; MUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 79953150420     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.079194     Document Type: Article

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