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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

Interference-mediated synaptonemal complex formation with embedded crossover designation.

Liangran Zhang, Eric Espagne, Arnaud de Muyt, Denise Zickler, Nancy E Kleckner

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Liangran ZhangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138;
Eric EspagneInstitut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8621, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France; and.
Arnaud de MuytInstitut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8621, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France; and Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Denise ZicklerInstitut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8621, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France; and.
Nancy E KlecknerDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; kleckner@fas.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USUniversité Paris-Sud · FRInstitut Curie · FR

Funding

MEIOTIC CHROMOSOME SYNAPSIS AND RECOMBINATION IN YEASTR01GM044794 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KLECKNER, NANCY E · 1990 to 2018
$13.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM044794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological systems exhibit complex patterns at length scales ranging from the molecular to the organismic. Along chromosomes, events often occur stochastically at different positions in different nuclei but nonetheless tend to be relatively evenly spaced. Examples include replication origin firings, formation of chromatin loops along chromosome axes and, during meiosis, localization of crossover recombination sites ("crossover interference"). We present evidence in the fungus Sordaria macrospora that crossover interference is part of a broader pattern that includes synaptonemal complex (SC) nucleation. This pattern comprises relatively evenly spaced SC nucleation sites, among which a subset are crossover sites that show a classical interference distribution. This pattern ensures that SC forms regularly along the entire length of the chromosome as required for the maintenance of homolog pairing while concomitantly having crossover interactions locally embedded within the SC structure as required for both DNA recombination and structural events of chiasma formation. This pattern can be explained by a threshold-based designation and spreading interference process. This model can be generalized to give diverse types of related and/or partially overlapping patterns, in two or more dimensions, for any type of object.

Indexed as

Crossing Over, GeneticGenes, FungalSordarialesSynaptonemal Complexcrossover designationrecombination/synapsisspatial patterningsynapsis initiation site

Identifiers

PMID25380597
PMCPMC4250137
OpenAlexW1999278649

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