Assembly and disassembly of RAD51/DMC1 during homologous recombination are tightly regulated. Here, the authors show that the FIGNL1 ATPase limits non-productive assembly of RAD51/DMC1 on single-stranded and double-stranded DNAs during meiosis.
- Masaru Ito
- Asako Furukohri
- Akira Shinohara