Analysis of the Relationships between DNA Double-Strand Breaks, Synaptonemal Complex and Crossovers Using the Atfas1-4 Mutant

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Varas, Javier ^a   Sánchez Morán, Eugenio ^b   Copenhaver, Gregory P ^c,d   Santos, Juan L ^a   Pradillo, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GAMMA H2AX PROTEIN; HISTONE H2AX; RAD51 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATDMC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ATRAD51 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CAF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FAS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT DNA; RECA PROTEIN; RNA SPLICING FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COM1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DMC1 GENE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FAS1 4 GENE; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; RAD51 2 GENE; SMC6A GENE; SMC6B GENE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PLANT CHROMOSOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; SYNAPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEIOSIS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA SPLICING FACTORS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 84938795934     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005301     Document Type: Article

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