EFFICIENT DNA PAIRING IN A NEUROSPORA MUTANT DEFECTIVE IN CHROMOSOME-PAIRING

被引:16
作者
FOSS, HM [1 ]
SELKER, EU [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OREGON,INST MOLEC BIOL,EUGENE,OR 97403
来源
MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS | 1991年 / 231卷 / 01期
关键词
NEUROSPORA; REPEAT-INDUCED POINT MUTATION (RIP); RECOMBINATION; SYNAPSIS; DNA PAIRING;
D O I
10.1007/BF00293820
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A Neurospora crassa mutation, mei-2, affecting recombination and pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis, was characterized for its effect on repeat-induced point mutation (RIP). We found that RIP, which depends on recognition of DNA sequence homology, is not inhibited by mei-2, suggesting that the defect in chromosome pairing of this mutant is not due to a defect in DNA pairing and that DNA pairing is not dependent on chromosome pairing.
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