Meiotic recombination: sealing the partnership at the junction.

Kunz C; Schär P

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.043

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Meiotic recombination: sealing the partnership at the junction.

Kunz C Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Department of Clinical Biological Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Schär P

2004-11-24

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Current biology : CB. - 2004

MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein

English Crossovers ensure proper chromosome segregation in meiosis. A heterodimer of MutS proteins, hMSH4-hMSH5, has recently been found to interact with recombination intermediates in a manner that suggests a mechanism for directing meiotic DNA double strand break repair towards a crossover pathway.

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