MRG-1 is required for genomic integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans germ cells

Cell Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 886-902

  Xu, Jing ^a,c   Sun, Xiaojuan ^a,c   Jing, Yudong ^a   Wang, Mo ^b,c   Liu, Kai ^a,c   Jian, Youli ^a   Yang, Mei ^a   Cheng, Zhukuan ^b   Yang, Chonglin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; C. elegans; DSB repair; genomic integrity; meiosis; synapsis

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HISTONE; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION PROTEIN SPO11; MRG 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MRG-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 84862001067     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.2     Document Type: Article

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