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Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins promote homolog-independent recombination repair in meiosis crucial for germ cell genomic stability.
PLoS genetics - 22 Jul 2010
Bickel Jeremy S, Chen Liting, Hayward Jin, Yeap Szu Ling, Alkers Ashley E, Chan Raymond C
Abstract excerpt
In meiosis, programmed DNA breaks repaired by homologous recombination (HR) can be processed into inter-homolog crossovers that promote the accurate segregation of chromosomes. In general, more programmed DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are formed than the number of inter-homolog crossovers, and the excess DSBs must be repaired to maintain genomic stability. Sister-chromatid (inter-sister) recombination is...
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