Meiotic cohesins mediate initial loading of HORMAD1 to the chromosomes and coordinate SC formation during meiotic prophase

MEIOSIN Directs the Switch from Mitosis to Meiosis in Mammalian Germ Cells

(2020) Kei-ichiro Ishiguro et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Sycp2 is essential for synaptonemal complex assembly, early meiotic recombination and homologous pairing in zebrafish spermatocytes

(2020) Kazumasa Takemoto et al.   PLoS Genetics

Prdm9 and Meiotic Cohesin Proteins Cooperatively Promote DNA Double-Strand Break Formation in Mammalian Spermatocytes

(2019) Tanmoy Bhattacharyya et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

REC114 Partner ANKRD31 Controls Number, Timing, and Location of Meiotic DNA Breaks

(2019) Michiel Boekhout et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Mouse ANKRD31 Regulates Spatiotemporal Patterning of Meiotic Recombination Initiation and Ensures Recombination between X and Y Sex Chromosomes

(2019) Frantzeskos Papanikos et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Conserved HORMA domain-containing protein Hop1 stabilizes interaction between proteins of meiotic DNA break hotspots and chromosome axis

(2019) Ryo Kariyazono et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

PRDM9 Methyltransferase Activity Is Essential for Meiotic DNA Double-Strand Break Formation at Its Binding Sites

(2018) Boubou Diagouraga et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The cohesin complex in mammalian meiosis

(2018) Kei-ichiro Ishiguro   GENES TO CELLS

In vivo binding of PRDM9 reveals interactions with noncanonical genomic sites

(2017) Corinne Grey et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

PRDM9 interactions with other proteins provide a link between recombination hotspots and the chromosomal axis in meiosis

(2017) Emil D. Parvanov et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The DNA Damage Checkpoint Eliminates Mouse Oocytes with Chromosome Synapsis Failure

(2017) Vera D. Rinaldi et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The Landscape of Mouse Meiotic Double-Strand Break Formation, Processing, and Repair

(2016) Julian Lange et al.   CELL

High density of REC8 constrains sister chromatid axes and prevents illegitimate synaptonemal complex formation

(2016) Ana Agostinho et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Meiotic DNA break formation requires the unsynapsed chromosome axis-binding protein IHO1 (CCDC36) in mice

(2016) Marcello Stanzione et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Regulating the construction and demolition of the synaptonemal complex

(2016) Cori K Cahoon et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A DNA topoisomerase VI-like complex initiates meiotic recombination

(2016) N. Vrielynck et al.   SCIENCE

The TopoVIB-Like protein family is required for meiotic DNA double-strand break formation

(2016) T. Robert et al.   SCIENCE

Regulating the construction and demolition of the synaptonemal complex

(2016) Cori K Cahoon et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Distinct Roles of Meiosis-Specific Cohesin Complexes in Mammalian Spermatogenesis

(2016) Uddipta Biswas et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Meiotic Recombination Activator PRDM9 Trimethylates Both H3K36 and H3K4 at Recombination Hotspots In Vivo

(2016) Natalie R. Powers et al.   PLoS Genetics

MEI4 - a central player in the regulation of meiotic DNA double-strand break formation in the mouse

(2015) R. Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Recombination, Pairing, and Synapsis of Homologs during Meiosis

(2015) Denise Zickler et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Multimer Formation Explains Allelic Suppression of PRDM9 Recombination Hotspots

(2015) Christopher L. Baker et al.   PLoS Genetics

Self-Organization of Meiotic Recombination Initiation: General Principles and Molecular Pathways

(2014) Scott Keeney et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Meiotic cohesin STAG3 is required for chromosome axis formation and sister chromatid cohesion

(2014) T. Winters et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

STAG3-mediated stabilization of REC8 cohesin complexes promotes chromosome synapsis during meiosis

(2014) T. Fukuda et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Meiosis-specific cohesin mediates homolog recognition in mouse spermatocytes

(2014) K.-i. Ishiguro et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Meiosis-Specific Cohesin Component, Stag3 Is Essential for Maintaining Centromere Chromatid Cohesion, and Required for DNA Repair and Synapsis between Homologous Chromosomes

(2014) Jessica Hopkins et al.   PLoS Genetics

Turning a Spermatogenic Wave into a Tsunami: Synchronizing Murine Spermatogenesis Using WIN 18,4461

(2013) Cathryn A. Hogarth et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation

(2013) Frédéric Baudat et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Meiotic DNA double-strand breaks and chromosome asynapsis in mice are monitored by distinct HORMAD2-independent and -dependent mechanisms

(2012) L. Wojtasz et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

HORMAD2 is essential for synapsis surveillance during meiotic prophase via the recruitment of ATR activity

(2012) Hiroshi Kogo et al.   GENES TO CELLS

HORMAD1-dependent checkpoint/surveillance mechanism eliminates asynaptic oocytes

(2012) Hiroshi Kogo et al.   GENES TO CELLS

Meiotic cohesin complexes are essential for the formation of the axial element in mice

(2012) Elena Llano et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A conserved KASH domain protein associates with telomeres, SUN1, and dynactin during mammalian meiosis

(2012) Akihiro Morimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A Central Coupler for Recombination Initiation Linking Chromosome Architecture to S Phase Checkpoint

(2012) Tomoichiro Miyoshi et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Phosphorylation of Chromosome Core Components May Serve as Axis Marks for the Status of Chromosomal Events during Mammalian Meiosis

(2012) Tomoyuki Fukuda et al.   PLoS Genetics

Spo11-Accessory Proteins Link Double-Strand Break Sites to the Chromosome Axis in Early Meiotic Recombination

(2011) Silvia Panizza et al.   CELL

The cohesin subunit RAD21L functions in meiotic synapsis and exhibits sexual dimorphism in fertility

(2011) Yurema Herrán et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A new meiosis-specific cohesin complex implicated in the cohesin code for homologous pairing

(2011) Kei-ichiro Ishiguro et al.   EMBO REPORTS

RAD21L, a novel cohesin subunit implicated in linking homologous chromosomes in mammalian meiosis

(2011) Jibak Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Meiotic homologue alignment and its quality surveillance are controlled by mouse HORMAD1

(2011) Katrin Daniel et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mouse PRDM9 DNA-Binding Specificity Determines Sites of Histone H3 Lysine 4 Trimethylation for Initiation of Meiotic Recombination

(2011) Corinne Grey et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Hormad1 Mutation Disrupts Synaptonemal Complex Formation, Recombination, and Chromosome Segregation in Mammalian Meiosis

(2010) Yong-Hyun Shin et al.   PLoS Genetics

A novel mammalian HORMA domain-containing protein, HORMAD1, preferentially associates with unsynapsed meiotic chromosomes

(2009) Tomoyuki Fukuda et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Mouse HORMAD1 and HORMAD2, Two Conserved Meiotic Chromosomal Proteins, Are Depleted from Synapsed Chromosome Axes with the Help of TRIP13 AAA-ATPase

(2009) Lukasz Wojtasz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Prelude to a Division

(2008) Needhi Bhalla et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Phosphorylation of the Axial Element Protein Hop1 by Mec1/Tel1 Ensures Meiotic Interhomolog Recombination

(2008) Jesús A. Carballo et al.   CELL

Finding a match: how do homologous sequences get together for recombination?

(2007) Adi Barzel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS