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ArticleeLife2017

Polo-like kinase-dependent phosphorylation of the synaptonemal complex protein SYP-4 regulates double-strand break formation through a negative feedback loop.

Saravanapriah Nadarajan, Talley J Lambert, Elisabeth Altendorfer, Jinmin Gao, Michael D Blower, Jennifer C Waters, Monica P Colaiácovo

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saravanapriah NadarajanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Talley J LambertDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Elisabeth AltendorferDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Jinmin GaoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Michael D BlowerDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Jennifer C WatersDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Monica P ColaiácovoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7803-4372
Harvard University · USBoston University · US

Funding

Synaptonemal Complex Assembly and Function in MeiosisR01GM072551 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Monica P Colaiacovo · 2005 to 2026
$7.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM072551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is an ultrastructurally conserved proteinaceous structure that holds homologous chromosomes together and is required for the stabilization of pairing interactions and the completion of crossover (CO) formation between homologs during meiosis I. Here, we identify a novel role for a central region component of the SC, SYP-4, in negatively regulating formation of recombination-initiating double-strand breaks (DSBs) via a feedback loop triggered by crossover designation in

Indexed as

DNA Breaks, Double-StrandedFeedback, PhysiologicalProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPhosphorylationPolo-Like Kinase 1Polo-like KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsNuclear Proteinsplk-1 protein, C elegansPolo-Like Kinase 1polo-like kinase 2, C elegansPolo-like KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSYP-4 protein, C elegansC. eleganscell biologychromosomesdouble-strand breaksgenesmeiosisPolo-like kinasesynaptonemal complexSYP-4

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PMID28346135
PMCPMC5423773
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