Meiosis: Avoiding inappropriate relationships

Curr Biol. 1998 Nov 19;8(23):R832-5. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00524-6.

Abstract

Meiosis is distinguished from mitosis by the way double-strand breaks are made and by the synapsis and segregation of homologous chromosomes. Recent studies with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have identified some of the key players that link homologous recombination to synaptonemal complex formation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Fungal Proteins / physiology
  • Meiosis / physiology*
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / physiology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Synaptonemal Complex / physiology

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins
  • HOP2 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Zip1 protein, S cerevisiae