The Rad52 Homologs Rad22 and Rti1 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Are Not Essential for Meiotic Interhomolog Recombination, but Are Required for Meiotic Intrachromosomal Recombination and Mating-Type-Related DNA Repair

From: Genetics | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Octobre, Guillaume; Lorenz, Alexander; Loidl, Josef; Kohli, JÃ ¼ rg | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Proteins of the RAD52 epistasis group play an essential role in repair of some types of DNA damage and genetic recombination. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Rad22 (a Rad52 ortholog) has been shown to be as necessary for repair and recombination events during vegetative growth as its Saccharomyces cerevisiae counterpart. This finding contrasts with previous reports where, due to suppressor mutations in the fbh1 gene, rad22 mutants did not display a severe defect. We have analyze...

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