Meiotic Pairing: A Place to Hook up

K. S. McKim

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.003

Meiotic Pairing: A Place to Hook up

K. S. McKim

Waksman Institute of Microbiology

Rutgers, The State University

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Abstract

At one end of each Caenorhabditis elegans chromosome is a locus required for meiotic crossing over. Recent studies have shown that these sites mediate chromosome pairing and synapsis during meiosis, and that each site contains binding sites for a non-canonical C2H2 zinc finger protein.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	R165-R168
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.003
State	Published - Mar 6 2007

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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