Synaptonemal complex components persist at centromeres and are required for homologous centromere pairing in mouse spermatocytes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bisig, C Gaston ^a   Guiraldelli, Michel F ^b   Kouznetsova, Anna ^c   Scherthan, Harry ^d   Höög, Christer ^c   Dawson, Dean S ^b,e   Pezza, Roberto J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYCP1; PROTEIN SYCP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SYCP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SYCP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROPHASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; MOUSE MUTANT; SPERMATOCYTE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SYNAPSIS;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE;

EID: 84864062813     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002701     Document Type: Article

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