DNA strand exchange and RecA homologs in meiosis

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brown, M Scott ^a   Bishop, Douglas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DMC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 84920532563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a016659     Document Type: Article

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