A Single Cohesin Complex Performs Mitotic and Meiotic Functions in the Protist Tetrahymena

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Howard Till, Rachel A ^a   Lukaszewicz, Agnieszka ^a   Novatchkova, Maria ^b,c   Loidl, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KLEISIN; COHESIN; PROTEIN ESP1P; SEPARASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTIST; RNA INTERFERENCE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; TETRAHYMENA;

PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84876003498     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003418     Document Type: Article

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