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ArticleCell2010

Sister cohesion and structural axis components mediate homolog bias of meiotic recombination.

Keun P Kim, Beth M Weiner, Liangran Zhang, Amy Jordan, Job Dekker, Nancy Kleckner

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Article in Cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 187 papers.

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187citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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187 citing papers in PubMed, 297 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Keun P KimDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Beth M Weiner
Liangran Zhang
Amy Jordan
Job Dekker
Nancy Kleckner
Harvard University · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Structural Annotation of the Human GenomeR01HG003143 · NHGRI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Job Dekker · 2003 to 2026
$15.4M
MEIOTIC CHROMOSOME SYNAPSIS AND RECOMBINATION IN YEASTR01GM044794 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KLECKNER, NANCY E · 1990 to 2018
$13.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM-044794NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM044794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meiotic double-strand break (DSB)-initiated recombination must occur between homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes ("homolog bias"), even though sister chromatids are present. Through physical recombination analyses, we show that sister cohesion, normally mediated by meiotic cohesin Rec8, promotes "sister bias"; that meiosis-specific axis components Red1/Mek1kinase counteract this effect, thereby satisfying an essential precondition for homolog bias; and that other components, probably recombinosome-related, directly ensure homolog partner selection. Later, Rec8 acts positively to ensure maintenance of bias. These complexities mirror opposing dictates for global sister cohesion versus local separation and differentiation of sisters at recombination sites. Our findings support DSB formation within axis-tethered recombinosomes containing both sisters and ensuing programmed sequential release of "first" and "second" DSB ends. First-end release would create a homology-searching "tentacle." Rec8 and Red1/Mek1 also independently license recombinational progression and abundantly localize to different domains. These domains could comprise complementary environments that integrate inputs from DSB repair and mitotic chromosome morphogenesis into the complete meiotic program.

Indexed as

Crossing Over, GeneticMeiosisChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneChromosomes, FungalDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedMAP Kinase Kinase 1Saccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSister Chromatid ExchangeChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneMAP Kinase Kinase 1REC8 protein, S cerevisiaeRED1 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID21145459
PMCPMC3033573
OpenAlexW2153820061

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