Identification of DSB-1, a Protein Required for Initiation of Meiotic Recombination in Caenorhabditis elegans, Illuminates a Crossover Assurance Checkpoint

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Stamper, Ericca L ^a   Rodenbusch, Stacia E ^a,f   Rosu, Simona ^b   Ahringer, Julie ^c   Villeneuve, Anne M ^b   Dernburg, Abby F ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED BREAK FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DSB 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPO11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DSB 1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MALE; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPO 11 GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MUTATION;

EID: 84884646182     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003679     Document Type: Article

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