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Synaptonemal Complex

Known as: synaptonemal complex location, Complex, Synaptonemal, Complex, Synaptinemal 
The three-part structure of ribbon-like proteinaceous material that serves to align and join the paired homologous CHROMOSOMES. It is formed during… 
National Institutes of Health

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Condensed nuclear chromosome
MicrobiologicalNuclear MatrixProcess of secretionaspects of radiation effects

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central elementlateral elementtransverse filament

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Synaptonemal complex formation and meiotic checkpoint signaling are linked to the lateral element protein Red1
Meiosis generates four haploid daughters from a diploid parental cell. Central steps of meiosis are the pairing and recombination… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
The Mammalian synaptonemal complex: a scaffold and beyond.
During the first meiotic cell division (meiosis I), homologous chromosomes pair, synapse, recombine, and segregate, using highly… 
2009
2009
Abnormal synaptonemal complex in an oligochiasmatic man with spermatogenic arrest.
A 46, XY azoospermic patient with a very low chiasma frequency at diakinesis-first metaphase was found to have an abnormally high… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Synaptonemal complex analysis of mouse chromosomal rearrangements
Two paracentric inversions in the mouse, In(1)1 Rk and In(2)5 Rk, have been studied in surface microspreads of spermatocytes from… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The synaptonemal complex and the spindle plaque during meiosis in yeast
Meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae proceeds principally in the same manner as in other Ascomycetes. Leptotene is characterized… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Tdy-negative XY, XXY and XYY female mice: breeding data and synaptonemal complex analysis.
In this paper we have compared the breeding performance of Tdy-negative XY, XXY and XYY females to assess the relative importance… 
1977
1977
Mouse chromosome translocations: visualization and analysis by electron microscopy of the synaptonemal complex.
Pachytene chromosomes of mice heterozygous for known translocations are clearly depicted by configurations of the synaptonemal… 
1975
1975
Mechanisms of chromosome banding. VI. Whole mount electron microscopy of banded metaphase chromosomes and a comparison with pachytene chromosomes.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Cytochemical studies on chromosome ultrastructure.
1969
1969
Synaptinemal complexes in the achiasmatic spermatogenesis of Bolbe nigraGiglio-Tos (Mantoidea)
In chiasmatic meiosis of mosquitoes, ascomycetes and lilies the synaptinemal complex (SC) disassociates from the bivalent before… 
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