ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Mechanism of facilitated homology search and the logic of its meiotic regulations
DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) repair by homologous recombination (HR) entails identification of an intact homologous template DNA molecule in the genome. Homology search is guided by the DSB-flanking ssDNA sequence assembled into a RecA-family nucleoprotein filament (NPF). A biased version of this process, regulated in an ill-defined manner by chromosomes’ structure and meiosis-specific HR proteins, also underlies homolog recognition and recombination during meiosis I in most examined eukaryotes. Despite its centrality for genome maintenance and sexual reproduction, how homology search operates in cells and the nature of its meiotic regulations are largely unknown. Our goal is to solve…
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