Assembly of the Synaptonemal Complex Is a Highly Temperature-Sensitive Process That Is Supported by PGL-1 During Caenorhabditis elegans Meiosis

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 585-595

  Bilgir, Ceyda ^a   Dombecki, Carolyn R ^a   Chen, Peter F ^a   Villeneuve, Anne M ^b   Nabeshima, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploid gametes; P granule; Pachytene; Polycomplex; Synapsis

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PGL 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PGL-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCROSSING; PROGENY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SYNAPSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883206671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.005165     Document Type: Article

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