Divergent kleisin subunits of cohesin specify mechanisms to tether and release meiotic chromosomes

eLife

Volumn 3, Issue August2014, 2014, Pages 1-27

  Severson, Aaron F ^a,b   Meyer, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COHESIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME; CROSSING OVER; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPLICATION; MEIOSIS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 84926496956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.03467     Document Type: Article

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