title: Pushing and pulling: microtubules mediate meiotic pairing and synapsis.
abstract: Meiotic pairing in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is facilitated by chromosomal sites known as pairing centers that are tethered to the nuclear envelope. Sato et al. (2009) and Penkner et al. (2009) provide insight into how proteins linking pairing centers and the microtubule cytoskeleton mediate homolog pairing and restrict synapsis to homologous pairs of chromosomes.
authors: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA. slj@stowers.org
authors: Sue L
authors: SL
authors: Jaspersen
authors: R Scott
authors: RS
authors: Hawley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D023902:Chromosome Pairing; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008540:Meiosis; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins