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RecQ helicase, Sgs1, and XPF family endonuclease, Mus81-Mms4, resolve aberrant joint molecules during meiotic recombination.
Molecular cell - 8 Aug 2008
Oh Steve D, Lao Jessica P, Taylor Andrew F, Smith Gerald R, Hunter Neil
Abstract excerpt
Saccharomyces cerevisiae RecQ helicase, Sgs1, and XPF family endonuclease, Mus81-Mms4, are implicated in processing joint molecule (JM) recombination intermediates. We show that cells lacking either enzyme frequently experience chromosome segregation problems during meiosis and that when both enzymes are absent attempted segregation fails catastrophically. In all cases, segregation appears to be impeded by...
Topics
- Chromosome Segregation
- Crossing Over, Genetic
- Cyclin B
- DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
- DNA, Cruciform
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Endonucleases
- Flap Endonucleases
- Meiosis
- Mutation
- RecQ Helicases
