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The organization, regulation, and biological functions of the synaptonemal complex.
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- Cohesin release-factor Wapl modulates axis and chromatin structure to promote conjunction and separation of meiotic chromosomes.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Chromosome movements in meiotic prophase: regulatory mechanisms and biological roles.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Exploring Meiotic Recombination and Its Potential Benefits in South African Beef Cattle: A Review.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- BCAS2 and hnRNPH1 orchestrate alternative splicing for DNA double-strand break repair and synapsis in meiotic prophase I.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Article
- FBXO47 regulates centromere pairing as key component of centromeric SCF E3 ligase in mouse spermatocytes.Communications biology · 2024Article
- The role of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme in the process of spermatogenesis.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2024Review
- The dynamic recruitment of LAB proteins senses meiotic chromosome axis differentiation in C. elegans.The Journal of cell biology · 2024Article
- The plant synaptonemal complex: identification of the first central element components.Nature plants · 2023Article
- SCEP1 and SCEP2 are two new components of the synaptonemal complex central element.Nature plants · 2023Article
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- Oogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans.Sexual development : genetics, molecular biology, evolution, endocrinology, embryology, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation · 2023Review
- Kinase PLK1 regulates the disassembly of the lateral elements and the assembly of the inner centromere during the diakinesis/metaphase I transition in male mouse meiosis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Article
- Alterations in synaptonemal complex coding genes and human infertility.International journal of biological sciences · 2022Review
- Meiosis: no end in sight.Asian journal of andrologyArticle
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Abstract
The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a meiosis-specific proteinaceous macromolecular structure that assembles between paired homologous chromosomes during meiosis in various eukaryotes. The SC has a highly conserved ultrastructure and plays critical roles in controlling multiple steps in meiotic recombination and crossover formation, ensuring accurate meiotic chromosome segregation. Recent studies in different organisms, facilitated by advances in super-resolution microscopy, have provided insights into the macromolecular structure of the SC, including the internal organization of the meiotic chromosome axis and SC central region, the regulatory pathways that control SC assembly and dynamics, and the biological functions exerted by the SC and its substructures. This review summarizes recent discoveries about how the SC is organized and regulated that help to explain the biological functions associated with this meiosis-specific structure.
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