Together yes, but not coupled: New insights into the roles of RAD51 and DMC1 in plant meiotic recombination

Plant Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 921-933

  Pradillo, Mõnica ^a   Lõpez, Eva ^a   Linacero, Rosario ^a   Romero, Concepciõn ^a   Cuñado, Nieves ^a   Sánchez Morán, Eugenio ^b   Santos, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DMC1; DSB repair; homologous recombination; meiosis; RAD51

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DMC1; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; RAD51;

DNA;

CHROMOSOMES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATDMC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ATRAD51 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CISPLATIN; PLANT DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DRUG EFFECT; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METAPHASE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CISPLATIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA, PLANT; GAMMA RAYS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 84859155649     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04845.x     Document Type: Article

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