The meiotic checkpoint network: Step-by-step through meiotic prophase

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Subramanian, Vijayalakshmi V ^a   Hochwagen, Andreas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PROPHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PROPHASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84907495211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a016675     Document Type: Article

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