Merotelic attachments allow alignment and stabilization of chromatids in meiosis II oocytes

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kouznetsova, Anna ^a   Hernández Hernández, Abrahan ^a   Höög, Christer ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; GENOMICS; GERM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; RODENT;

ANAPHASE; ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATID; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SYCP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FEMALE; KINETOCHORES; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, ANIMAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84904171069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5409     Document Type: Article

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