2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of novel functions of microtubules that bridge meiotic recombination and chromosome segregation
Project/Area Number |
21687015
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Cell biology
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Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
Principal Investigator |
SATO Masamitsu 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教 (50447356)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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Keywords | 細胞分裂 / 細胞周期 / 染色体分配 / 微小管 / 減数分裂組換え |
Research Abstract |
We focused on a novel microtubule array that is seen in fission yeast meiosis, and verified that the microtubule array play a role in relaying meiotic recombination and meiotic chromosome segregation. We also investigated the molecular mechanism how the array is formed.
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