The Ecm11-Gmc2 Complex Promotes Synaptonemal Complex Formation through Assembly of Transverse Filaments in Budding Yeast

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Humphryes, Neil ^a   Leung, Wing Kit ^a   Argunhan, Bilge ^a   Terentyev, Yaroslav ^a   Dvorackova, Martina ^a,b   Tsubouchi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ECM11; PROTEIN GMC2; PROTEIN ZIP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL BUDDING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUMOYLATION; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUMO-1 PROTEIN; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 84873508514     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003194     Document Type: Article

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