Pushing and Pulling: Microtubules Mediate Meiotic Pairing and Synapsis
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Meiotic pairing in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is facilitated by chromosomal sites known as pairing centers that are tethered to the nuclear envelope. Sato et al. (2009) and Penkner et al. (2009) provide insight into how proteins linking pairing centers and the microtubule cytoskeleton mediate homolog pairing and restrict synapsis to homologous pairs of chromosomes.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 139 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009