Reading the epigenetic code for exchanging DNA.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32936074.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.61820 and PMC identifier 7494355.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Three independent studies show that a protein called ZCWPW1 is able to recognize the histone modifications that initiate the recombination of genetic information during meiosis.
Medical subject headings
- DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
- Histones