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Meiotic Protein in Spermatocytes of Mammals

Nature New Biology volume 234, pages 83–86 (1971)Cite this article

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THE DNA-binding protein in meiotic cells of Lilium1 has a very high binding affinity for single stranded DNA and also the unusual property of catalysing the renaturation of thermally denatured lily DNA at room temperature. Significantly, these and other in vitro properties are very similar to those of the “gene 32-protein” which is essential to genetic recombination in T4 bacteriophage2, and the possibility that this protein may have a function in meiotic recombination of Lilium led us to a more extensive study of its behaviour3.

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HOTTA, Y., STERN, H. Meiotic Protein in Spermatocytes of Mammals. Nature New Biology 234, 83–86 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio234083a0

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