Which one is the real matchmaker for the pair？

作     者：Chunsheng Han 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology Instituteof Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing100101 China 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Andrology》 (亚洲男性学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第16卷第5期

页      面：667-668页

核心收录：

学科分类：071011[理学-生物物理学] 0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 09[农学] 071007[理学-遗传学] 0901[农学-作物学] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种] 

主　　题：the real matchmaker the pair 

摘      要：Afundamental question for meiosis is how homologous chromosomes （homologs） find each other and pair together to ensure homologous recombination and segregation. Intuitively, the answer to the question is related to the interaction between homologous sequences. However, that is not the whole story according to some studies on the role of cohesins in homolog pairing. The most recent one by Ishiguro et al. of the Watanabe group indicates that chromosome architecture defined by a meiosis-specific cohesin protein RAD21L is the key to homology searching. Moreover, they report that homologous pairing is dependent on neither SPOll, an evolutionarily conserved type 2 isomerase responsible for generating DNA double-strand breaks （DSBs）, nor SUN1, which tethers the ends of chromosomes to the nuclear envelop （NE） and facilitates chromosome movement and bouquet formation. These discoveries are quite some surprises!