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Chromosomal Synapsis

Chromosomal Synapsis is the precisely orchestrated molecular process during meiotic prophase I in which homologous chromosomes align and become physically connected via a specialized proteinaceous scaffold, thereby enabling crossover formation through DNA recombination.

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Site-specific DNA recombination in mammalian cells by the Cre recombinase of bacteriophage P1.

Brian Sauer, Neil C. Henderson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1988 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Recombinational DNA double-strand breaks in mice precede synapsis

Shantha K. Mahadevaiah, James M. A. Turner, Frédéric Baudat et al. · Nature Genetics · 2001 · 887 citations

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Targeted disruption of ATM leads to growth retardation, chromosomal fragmentation during meiosis, immune defects, and thymic lymphoma.

Yang Xu, Terry Ashley, E E Brainerd et al. · Genes & Development · 1996 · 838 citations · Full text

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The Mouse Spo11 Gene Is Required for Meiotic Chromosome Synapsis

Peter Romanienko, R. Daniel Camerini‐Otero · Molecular Cell · 2000 · 806 citations · Full text

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Meiotic Recombination in C. elegans Initiates by a Conserved Mechanism and Is Dispensable for Homologous Chromosome Synapsis

Abby F. Dernburg, Kent McDonald, Gary Moulder et al. · Cell · 1998 · 799 citations · Full text

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  1. GS
    G. Shirleen Roeder

    Yale University, United States

    15 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. RB
    Ricardo Benavente

    University of Würzburg, Germany

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. AF
    Abby F. Dernburg

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    12 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. CH
    Christer Höög

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    11 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. IF
    Ira F. Greenbaum

    Texas A&M University, United States

    10 publications · 194 citations

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Institutions

388

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    23 h-index

    67 publications

    10.6K citations

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    19 h-index

    47 publications

    5.6K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    16 h-index

    60 publications

    8.4K citations

  4. University of Würzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    2.9K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    41 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    8.3K citations

  7. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    4.1K citations

  8. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Genetics

    24 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. PLoS Genetics

    29 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. Chromosoma

    14 publications · 680 citations

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  4. Journal of Cell Science

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. Genome

    13 publications · 366 citations

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