Centromere pairing in early meiotic prophase requires active centromeres and precedes installation of the synaptonemal complex in maize

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3900-3909

  Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Pawlowski, Wojciech P ^c   Han, Fangpu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; ZEA MAYS;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CENTROMERE; GENETICS; MAIZE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888426468     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.117846     Document Type: Article

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