The Dissection of Meiotic Chromosome Movement in Mice Using an In Vivo Electroporation Technique

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Shibuya, Hiroki ^a   Morimoto, Akihiro ^a   Watanabe, Yoshinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SUN1 PROTEIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SUN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUBULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOTENE; ELECTROPORATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACHYTENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PROPHASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELOMERE; TESTIS; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSGENE; ZYGOTENE; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PLASMIDS; PROPHASE; SPERMATOCYTES; TELOMERE; TESTIS; TRANSGENES; TUBULIN;

EID: 84919682703     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004821     Document Type: Article

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