The chromosomal courtship dance-homolog pairing in early meiosis

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-131

  Klutstein, Michael ^a,b   Cooper, Julia Promisel ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CROSSING OVER; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REVIEW; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; RNA;

EID: 84891895391     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.12.004     Document Type: Review

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