Topoisomerase II Is Required for the Proper Separation of Heterochromatic Regions during Drosophila melanogaster Female Meiosis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Hughes, Stacie E ^a   Hawley, R Scott ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); HETEROCHROMATIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROMETAPHASE; PROPHASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPINDLE POLE; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; NONDISJUNCTION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; OOCYTES; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84908312756     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004650     Document Type: Article

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