Senataxin Plays an Essential Role with DNA Damage Response Proteins in Meiotic Recombination and Gene Silencing

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Becherel, Olivier J ^a,b   Yeo, Abrey J ^a,b   Stellati, Alissa ^a,b   Heng, Evelyn Y H ^a   Luff, John ^a   Suraweera, Amila M ^a   Woods, Rick ^a   Fleming, Jean ^c   Carrie, Dianne ^a   McKinney, Kristine ^d   Xu, Xiaoling ^e   Deng, Chuxia ^e   Lavin, Martin F ^a,f  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATR PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SENATAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC SEX CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SETX GENE; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; CHROMATIN; COGAN SYNDROME; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RNA HELICASES; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84876831634     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003435     Document Type: Article

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