Reconstitution of a flexible SYCP3-DNA fibre suggests a mechanism for SYCP3 coating of the meiotic chromosome axis
D. Bollschweiler, L. Radu, J. M. Plitzko, R. M. Henderson, I. Mela, L. Pellegrini
This study uses cryo-electron tomography and atomic force microscopy to show that SYCP3 forms a flexible fibre that binds DNA, suggesting a mechanism for coating the meiotic chromosome axis.
bioRxiv · Jul 14, 2018Biophysics