On the role of AtDMC1, AtRAD51 and its paralogs during Arabidopsis meiosis

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Pradillo, Mónica ^a   Varas, Javier ^a   Oliver, Cecilia ^a   Santos, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AtDMC1; AtRAD51; AtRAD51C; AtXRCC3; Homologous recombination; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901005885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00023     Document Type: Review

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