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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
DMC1 is a meiosis-specific gene first discovered in yeast that encodes a protein with homology to RecA and may be component of recombination nodules. Yeast dmc1 mutants are defective in crossing over and synaptonemal complex (SC) formation, and arrest in late prophase of meiosis I. We have generated a null mutation in the Dmc1 gene in mice and show that homozygous mutant males and females are sterile with arrest of gametogenesis in the first meiotic prophase. Chromosomes in mutant spermatocytes fail to synapse, despite the formation of axial elements that are the precursor to the SC. The strong similarity of phenotypes in Dmc1-deficient mice and yeast suggests that meiotic mechanisms have been highly conserved through evolution.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
697-705
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Adenosine Triphosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Chromosomes, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Germ-Line Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Infertility, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Meiosis, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Prophase, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Rec A Recombinases, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9660953-Spermatozoa
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Meiotic prophase arrest with failure of chromosome synapsis in mice deficient for Dmc1, a germline-specific RecA homolog.
pubmed:affiliation
Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't