期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1989
卷号:86
期号:18
页码:7072-7076
DOI:10.1073/pnas.86.18.7072
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:This study shows that RAD50, a yeast DNA repair gene required for meiotic interchromosomal exchange between homologs, also is required for meiotic intrachromosomal recombination. However, only intrachromosomal events in nonribosomal DNA are dependent on RAD50; those in ribosomal DNA (rRNA-encoding DNA) occur in the absence of this gene. Furthermore, nonribosomal DNA sequences retain their RAD50-dependence even when inserted into the ribosomal DNA array. We argue that these data provide evidence for at least two pathways of meiotic intrachromosomal recombination whose activity depends on the specific sequences involved or their structural context in the chromosome. In contrast to its role in meiosis, RAD50 is not required for either inter- or intrachromosomal spontaneous mitotic recombination.