TY - JOUR
T1 - Missing the Mark
T2 - PRDM9-Dependent Methylation Is Required for Meiotic DSB Targeting
AU - Kang, Rhea
AU - Zelazowski, Maciej J.
AU - Cole, Francesca
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - PRDM9 determines the localization of meiotic recombination hotspots, which are associated with histone H3 methylation. It is not known whether PRDM9’s methyltransferase activity is required or how some PRDM9 alleles can dominate the distribution of hotspots over other alleles. Diagouraga, Clément, and colleagues (2018) show that methyltransferase activity is required for hotspot localization and that this activity is additive in combination, suggesting that the dominance of particular alleles is simply proportional to the frequency of targeted sites. PRDM9 determines the localization of meiotic recombination hotspots, which are associated with histone H3 methylation. It is not known whether PRDM9’s methyltransferase activity is required or how some PRDM9 alleles can dominate the distribution of hotspots over other alleles. Diagouraga, Clément, and colleagues (2018) show that methyltransferase activity is required for hotspot localization and that this activity is additive in combination, suggesting that the dominance of particular alleles is simply proportional to the frequency of targeted sites.
AB - PRDM9 determines the localization of meiotic recombination hotspots, which are associated with histone H3 methylation. It is not known whether PRDM9’s methyltransferase activity is required or how some PRDM9 alleles can dominate the distribution of hotspots over other alleles. Diagouraga, Clément, and colleagues (2018) show that methyltransferase activity is required for hotspot localization and that this activity is additive in combination, suggesting that the dominance of particular alleles is simply proportional to the frequency of targeted sites. PRDM9 determines the localization of meiotic recombination hotspots, which are associated with histone H3 methylation. It is not known whether PRDM9’s methyltransferase activity is required or how some PRDM9 alleles can dominate the distribution of hotspots over other alleles. Diagouraga, Clément, and colleagues (2018) show that methyltransferase activity is required for hotspot localization and that this activity is additive in combination, suggesting that the dominance of particular alleles is simply proportional to the frequency of targeted sites.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.02.021
DO - 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.02.021
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 29499130
AN - SCOPUS:85042775794
SN - 1097-2765
VL - 69
SP - 725
EP - 727
JO - Molecular cell
JF - Molecular cell
IS - 5
ER -