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COSA-1 reveals robust homeostasis and separable licensing and reinforcement steps governing meiotic crossovers.
Cell - 30 Mar 2012
Yokoo Rayka, Zawadzki Karl A, Nabeshima Kentaro, Drake Melanie, Arur Swathi, Villeneuve Anne M
Abstract excerpt
Crossovers (COs) between homologous chromosomes ensure their faithful segregation during meiosis. We identify C. elegans COSA-1, a cyclin-related protein conserved in metazoa, as a key component required to convert meiotic double-strand breaks (DSBs) into COs. During late meiotic prophase, COSA-1 localizes to foci that correspond to the single CO site on each homolog pair and indicate sites of eventual...
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