Full-length synaptonemal complex grows continuously during meiotic prophase in budding yeast.

the synaptonemal complex (SC) links two meiotic prophase chromosomal events: homolog pairing and crossover recombination. SC formation involves the multimeric assembly of coiled-coil proteins (Zip1 in budding yeast) at the interface of aligned homologous chromosomes. However, SC assembly is indiffer...

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Main Authors: Karen Voelkel-Meiman, Sarah S Moustafa, Philippe Lefrançois, Anne M Villeneuve, Amy J MacQueen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3469433?pdf=render