The Arabidopsis thaliana DSB formation (AtDFO) gene is required for meiotic double-strand break formation

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-281

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Song, Yao ^b   Cheng, Zhi Hao ^c   Wang, Ying Xiang ^c   Zhu, Jun ^d   Ma, Hong ^c   Xu, Ling ^a   Yang, Zhong Nan ^a,d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Botanical Garden   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Arabidopsis thaliana DSB formation; meiosis; recombination; synapsis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DOUBLE MUTANTS; DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOCYTES; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATIONS; PLANT KINGDOM; POLYADS; RECOMBINATION; SYNAPSIS; WILD TYPES;

GENES; PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DFO PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MRE11 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT INFERTILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT INFERTILITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 84867582895     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05075.x     Document Type: Article

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