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Tam1, a telomere-associated meiotic protein, functions in chromosome synapsis and crossover interference.
Genes & development - 15 Jul 1997
Chua P R, Roeder G S
Abstract excerpt
The TAM1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is expressed specifically during meiosis and encodes a protein that localizes to the ends of meiotic chromosomes. In a tam1 null mutant, there is an increase in the frequency of chromosomes that fail to recombine and an associated increase in homolog nondisjunction at meiosis I. The tam1 mutant also displays an increased frequency of precocious separation of sister...
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