Sgs1--the maestro of recombination.

Klein, Hannah L; Symington, Lorraine S · Cell · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The Sgs1 DNA helicase and its mammalian homolog BLM control crossover formation in mitotic cells. Zakharyevich et al. and De Muyt et al. now uncover a key role for Sgs1 in meiotic crossover regulation, which in turn reveals a joint molecule resolution pathway that produces the majority of crossovers in budding yeast.