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A novel plant gene essential for meiosis is related to the human CtIP and the yeast COM1/SAE2 gene.
The EMBO journal - 12 Dec 2007
Uanschou Clemens, Siwiec Tanja, Pedrosa-Harand Andrea, Kerzendorfer Claudia, Sanchez-Moran Eugenio, Novatchkova Maria, Akimcheva Svetlana, Woglar Alexander, Klein Franz, Schlögelhofer Peter
Abstract excerpt
Obligatory homologous recombination (HR) is required for chiasma formation and chromosome segregation in meiosis I. Meiotic HR is initiated by DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), generated by Spo11, a homologue of the archaebacterial topoisomerase subunit Top6A. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rad50, Mre11 and Com1/Sae2 are essential to process an intermediate of the cleavage reaction consisting of Spo11 covalently...
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