Msh4 and Msh5 function in SC-independent chiasma formation during the streamlined meiosis of Tetrahymena

Genetics

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 983-993

  Shodhan, Anura ^a   Lukaszewicz, Agnieszka ^a   Novatchkova, Maria ^b,c   Loidl, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MSH4 PROTEIN; MSH5 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; CROSSING OVER; CYTOLOGY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TETRAHYMENA;

CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 84908626173     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.169698     Document Type: Article

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