Histone methyltransferases MES-4 and MET-1 promote meiotic checkpoint activation in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Published in PLoS Genet on November 15, 2012

Authors

Piero Lamelza1, Needhi Bhalla

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America.

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