Condensin restructures chromosomes in preparation for meiotic divisions

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 613-625

  Chan, Raymond C ^a   Severson, Aaron F ^a   Meyer, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOIDY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SISTER CHROMATID;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GAMETOGENESIS; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 9444251068     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200408061     Document Type: Article

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