NEK1 facilitates cohesin removal during mammalian spermatogenesis

Genes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 260-279

  Holloway, Kim ^a   Roberson, Elle C ^a   Corbett, Kelly L ^a   Kolas, Nadine K ^b   Nieves, Edward ^b   Cohen, Paula E ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesin; Fertility; Kinase; Meiosis; Mouse; NIMA like; Spermatocyte

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FKBP6; PROTEIN NEK1; PROTEIN SMC3; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALIA; DIPLONEMA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 79953707923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes2010260     Document Type: Article

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