The synaptonemal complex has liquid crystalline properties and spatially regulates meiotic recombination factors

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Rog, Ofer ^a,b,c   Köhler, Simone ^a,b   Dernburg, Abby F ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CROSSING OVER; CYTOLOGY; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM;

RECOMBINASE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINASES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 85011088235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21455     Document Type: Article

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