Synaptonemal complex extension from clustered telomeres mediates full-length chromosome pairing in schmidtea mediterranea

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 48, 2014, Pages E5159-E5168

  Xiang, Youbin ^a   Miller, Danny E ^a,b   Ross, Eric J ^a,c   Alvarado, Alejro Sánchez ^a,c   Scott Hawley, R ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homologous chromosome pairing; Meiosis; Planarian; Synaptonemal complex; Telomere bouquet

Indexed keywords

PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; SYNAPSIS;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HELMINTH PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PACHYTENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE; TURBELLARIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PACHYTENE STAGE; PLANARIANS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE;

EID: 84914094073     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1420287111     Document Type: Review

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