Meiotic recombination: the essence of heredity

N Hunter - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The study of homologous recombination has its historical roots in meiosis. In this context,
recombination occurs as a programmed event that culminates in the formation of crossovers …

Sporulation in the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

AM Neiman - Genetics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
In response to nitrogen starvation in the presence of a poor carbon source, diploid cells of
the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae undergo meiosis and package the haploid nuclei …

Mechanism of homologous recombination: mediators and helicases take on regulatory functions

P Sung, H Klein - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
Homologous recombination (HR) is an important mechanism for the repair of damaged
chromosomes, for preventing the demise of damaged replication forks, and for several other …

[HTML][HTML] Crossover/noncrossover differentiation, synaptonemal complex formation, and regulatory surveillance at the leptotene/zygotene transition of meiosis

GV Börner, N Kleckner, N Hunter - Cell, 2004 - cell.com
Yeast mutants lacking meiotic proteins Zip1, Zip2, Zip3, Mer3, and/or Msh5 (ZMMs) were
analyzed for recombination, synaptonemal complex (SC), and meiotic progression. At 33° C …

Differential timing and control of noncrossover and crossover recombination during meiosis

T Allers, M Lichten - Cell, 2001 - cell.com
Unitary models of meiotic recombination postulate that a central intermediate containing
Holliday junctions is resolved to generate either noncrossover or crossover recombinants …

Lessons from the Genome Sequence of Neurospora crassa: Tracing the Path from Genomic Blueprint to Multicellular Organism

KA Borkovich, LA Alex, O Yarden… - Microbiology and …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
We present an analysis of over 1,100 of the∼ 10,000 predicted proteins encoded by the
genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Seven major areas of …

Mechanism and control of meiotic recombination initiation

S Keeney - 2001 - Elsevier
Homologous recombination is essential during meiosis in most sexually reproducing
organisms. In budding yeast, and most likely in other organisms as well, meiotic …

Spo11 and the formation of DNA double-strand breaks in meiosis

S Keeney - Recombination and meiosis: crossing-over and …, 2007 - Springer
Meiotic recombination is carried out through a specialized pathway for the formation and
repair of DNA double-strand breaks made by the Spo11 protein, a relative of archaeal …

Induction of sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae leads to the formation of N6‐methyladenosine in mRNA: a potential mechanism for the activity of the IME4 …

MJ Clancy, ME Shambaugh, CS Timpte… - Nucleic acids …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Abstract N 6‐Methyladenosine (m6A) is present at internal sites in mRNA isolated from all
higher eukaryotes, but has not previously been detected in the mRNA of the yeast …

Crossing and zipping: molecular duties of the ZMM proteins in meiosis

A Pyatnitskaya, V Borde, A De Muyt - Chromosoma, 2019 - Springer
Accurate segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis depends on the ability of
meiotic cells to promote reciprocal exchanges between parental DNA strands, known as …