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The transition from conjugal development to the first vegetative cell division is dependent on RAD51 expression in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2001
Marsh T C, Cole E S, Romero D P
Abstract excerpt
Rad51p, the eukaryotic homolog of the prokaryotic recA protein, catalyzes strand exchange between single- and double-stranded DNA and is involved in both genetic recombination and double-strand break repair in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. We have previously shown that disruption of the Tetrahymena RAD51 somatic macronuclear locus leads to defective germline micronuclear division and that conjugation of...
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