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Fission yeast Mes1p ensures the onset of meiosis II by blocking degradation of cyclin Cdc13p.
Nature - 24 Mar 2005
Izawa Daisuke, Goto Masuo, Yamashita Akira, Yamano Hiroyuki, Yamamoto Masayuki
Abstract excerpt
Meiosis is a special form of nuclear division to generate eggs, sperm and spores in eukaryotes. Meiosis consists of the first (MI) and the second (MII) meiotic divisions, which occur consecutively. MI is reductional, in which homologous chromosomes derived from parents segregate. MI is supported by an elaborate mechanism involving meiosis-specific cohesin and its protector. MII is equational, in which replicated...
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