ATR is required to complete meiotic recombination in mice

ATR kinase is required for meiosis in non-mammalian model organisms. Here the authors demonstrate, using a hypomorphic Atr mutation and chemical inhibition, that ATR is also essential for male meiosis in mouse, regulating meiotic recombination and synapsis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sarai Pacheco, Andros Maldonado-Linares, Marina Marcet-Ortega, Cristina Rojas, Ana Martínez-Marchal, Judit Fuentes-Lazaro, Julian Lange, Maria Jasin, Scott Keeney, Oscar Fernández-Capetillo, Montserrat Garcia-Caldés, Ignasi Roig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04851-z