title: Meiosis: DDK is not just for replication.
abstract: How is the chromosome segregation machinery modified to segregate homologs during meiosis I? The Dbf4-dependent Cdc7 kinase (DDK) has now been identified as a key regulator in this process.
authors.affiliation: The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK. adele.marston@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Adele L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Marston
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D004261:DNA Replication; D006801:Humans; D008540:Meiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C069200:MCM5 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C068619:CDC7 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases