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MSH4 acts in conjunction with MLH1 during mammalian meiosis
1 Aug 2000
Abstract excerpt
MSH4 is a meiosis-specific MutS homolog. In yeast, it is required for reciprocal recombination and proper segregation of homologous chromosomes at meiosis I. MLH1 (MutL homolog 1) facilitates both mismatch repair and crossing over during meiosis in yeast. Germ-line mutations in the MLH1 human gene are responsible for hereditary nonpolyposis cancer, but the analysis of MLH1-deficient mice has revealed that MLH1 is...
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