Roles of the DNA mismatch repair and nucleotide excision repair proteins during meiosis |
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Authors: | D T Kirkpatrick |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (North Carolina, 27599-3280, USA), Fax +1 919 962 8472, e-mail: dtkirkpa@email.unc.edu, US |
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Abstract: | Numerous proteins are involved in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) and DNA mismatch repair (MMR) pathways. The function
and specificity of these proteins during the mitotic cell cycle has been actively investigated, in large part due to the involvement
of these systems in human diseases. In contrast, comparatively little is known about their functioning during meiosis. At
least three repair pathways operate during meiosis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to repair mismatches that occur as a consequence of heteroduplex formation in recombination. The first pathway is similar
to the one acting during postreplicative mismatch repair in mitotically dividing cells, while two pathways are responsible
for the repair of large loops during meiosis, using proteins from MMR and NER systems. Some MMR proteins also help prevent
recombination between diverged sequences during meiosis, and act late in recombination to affect the resolution of crossovers.
This review will discuss the current status of DNA mismatch repair and nucleotide excision repair proteins during meiosis,
especially in the yeast S. cerevisiae.
Received 21 September 1998; received after revision 23 November 1998; accepted 23 November 1998 |
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Keywords: | , Meiosis, recombination, DNA mismatch repair, nucleotide excision repair, yeast, |
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