The Ddc2/ATRIP checkpoint protein monitors meiotic recombination intermediates

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2488-2500

  Refolio, Esther ^a   Cavero, Santiago ^a   Marcon, Edyta ^b   Freire, Raimundo ^c   San Segundo, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATRIP; Checkpoint; Ddc2; Meiosis; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ATR PROTEIN; ATRIP PROTEIN; DDC2 PROTEIN; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE 2 BINDING PROTEIN 1; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; REPLICATION FACTOR A; SPO11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 79960411420     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.081711     Document Type: Article

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