Dynamic localization of SPO11-1 and conformational changes of meiotic axial elements during recombination initiation of maize meiosis
Jia-Chi Ku, Arnaud Ronceret, Inna N. Golubovskaya, Ding Hua Lee, Chi-Ting Wang, Ljudmilla Timofejeva, Yu-Hsin Kao, Ana Karen Gomez Angoa, Karl A. G. Kremling, Rosalind E. Williams-Carrier, Robert B. Meeley, Alice Barkan, W. Z. Cande, Rachel Wang
This study shows that SPO11-1 localizes dynamically during meiotic recombination initiation in maize, and its loss affects both DSB formation and axial element structural changes.
PLoS Genetics · Apr 20, 2020Peer-reviewedCell Biology