The Holliday Model
* This model of recombination was first proposed by Robin Holliday in 1964 and re-established by David Dressler and Huntington Potter in 1976 who demonstrated that the proposed
Fig. 22.5 f-h
8. The nicks are sealed by DNA ligase, yielding a Holliday junction.
9. Branch migration occours, sponsored by RuvA and RuvB.
10. RuvC resolves the structure.
6. The invading strand basepaired with a homologous region, releasing SSB and RecA.
7. RecBCD nicks the loopingout strand. RecA and SSB helps strand exchange.
Roles
Generating new gene/allele combinations (crossing over during meiosis)
Generating new genes (e.g., IgG rearrangement)
Integration of a specific DNA element DNA repair
* The two molecules must share a region of homologous (i.e. nearly identical) DNA sequence - a minimum of 30-151 bp is required.