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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2014

The meiotic checkpoint network: step-by-step through meiotic prophase.

Vijayalakshmi V Subramanian, Andreas Hochwagen

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

123 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Vijayalakshmi V SubramanianDepartment of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003.
Andreas HochwagenDepartment of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003.

Funding

Control of meiotic double strand break formationR01GM088248 · NIGMS · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI HOCHWAGEN, ANDREAS · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM088248NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM088248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The generation of haploid gametes by meiosis is a highly conserved process for sexually reproducing organisms that, in almost all cases, involves the extensive breakage of chromosomes. These chromosome breaks occur during meiotic prophase and are essential for meiotic recombination as well as the subsequent segregation of homologous chromosomes. However, their formation and repair must be carefully monitored and choreographed with nuclear dynamics and the cell division program to avoid the creation of aberrant chromosomes and defective gametes. It is becoming increasingly clear that an intricate checkpoint-signaling network related to the canonical DNA damage response is deeply interwoven with the meiotic program and preserves order during meiotic prophase. This meiotic checkpoint network (MCN) creates a wide range of dependent relationships controlling chromosome movement, chromosome pairing, chromatin structure, and double-strand break (DSB) repair. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the MCN. We discuss commonalities and differences in different experimental systems, with a particular emphasis on the emerging design principles that control and limit cross talk between signals to ultimately ensure the faithful inheritance of chromosomes by the next generation.

Indexed as

Cell Cycle CheckpointsModels, GeneticProphaseApoptosisChromosome PairingDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA RepairDNA ReplicationRecombination, GeneticSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID25274702
PMCPMC4176010

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