A histone H3 methyltransferase controls epigenetic events required for meiotic prophase

Katsuhiko Hayashi, Kayo Yoshida and Yasuhisa Matsui ()
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Katsuhiko Hayashi: Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health
Kayo Yoshida: Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University
Yasuhisa Matsui: Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health

Nature, 2005, vol. 438, issue 7066, 374-378

Abstract: Managing meiosis Meiosis is a unique cell division that is necessary for sexual reproduction; it produces functional haploid gametes and shuffles genomic information. Progression through meiosis is controlled by the proper orchestration of a number of meiotic genes. A candidate gene for regulating meiotic gene expression has now been identified. Meisetz, encoding a meiosis-specific histone H3 lysine 4-specific trimethyltransferase, is essential for meiotic recombination between homologous chromosomes in mice. Meisetz has essential functions in spermatocytes through epigenetic modification of chromatin, the first instance of a gene regulating epigenetic control of gene expression during meiotic progression.

Date: 2005
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