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Chromosome Dynamics and Genetic Recombination during Meiosis
김근필 교수 (중앙대학교)
Meiosis is the process by which diploid cells produce haploid gametes or spores, a key event for sexual reproduction, with major implications on the transmission of the genetic information. Defective meiotic recombination is linked to infertility and aneuploid diseases such as Downs Syndrome. The shuffling of chromosomes involves a complex progression of chromosomal events that results in the physical connection of homologous chromosomes. Meiotic chromosomes initiate dramatic and dynamic movement during this homologous recombination. Molecular studies are now revealing that chromosome movements involve direct associations of chromosome ends, or near-end regions, with cytoskeletal motion-generating machineries by means of linkages that span the nuclear envelope (NE). In budding yeast, Ndj1 is required for meiosis-specific attachment of telomeres to the nuclear envelope. Csm4 is a meiotically-induced putatively tail-anchored nuclear membrane protein required for meiotic chromosome segregation. Absence of Ndj1 and Csm4 confers defects in genetic recombination and prophase progression. These defects are generally interpreted to reflect a direct role of telomere/NE association in recombination. Meiotic recombination occurs between one chromatid of each maternal and paternal homolog rather than between sister chromatids. Physical DNA analysis reveals that meiotic cohesin/axis component Rec8 promotes sister bias, likely via its cohesion activity. Two meiosis-specific axis components, Red1/Mek1kinase, counteract this effect. These observations point to sequential release of double-strand break ends from association with their sister. Red1 and Rec8 are found to play distinct roles for sister cohesion, DSB formation and recombination progression kinetics. Recent progress towards understanding the pathway and mechanism of interhomolog bias during meiotic recombination will be discussed.
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Education & Research Experiences
Mar. 2013 – present Assistant/Associate Professor Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Feb. 2011 – Feb. 2013 Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Science, CHA University, Korea
Nov. 2010 – Feb. 2011 Research Associate Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Nov. 2005 - Oct. 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Aug. 2005 - Oct. 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow School of Biological Sciences Seoul National University, South Korea
Mar. 2000 - Aug. 2005 PhD research (Integrated MS-PhD program) Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Mar. 1994 - Feb. 2000 B.S. Korea University, South Korea
Papers
Keun P. Kim*. The Logic and Mechanism of Homologous Recombination Partner Choice. Molecular Cell (2013)