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A gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that is a homolog of the Gowen crossover suppressor (q.v.) of Drosophila melanogaster. Zip 1 encodes a protein that functions both in centromeric coupling (q.v.) and the construction of synaptomemal complexes (q.v.).
From: Zip 1 in A Dictionary of Genetics »
Subjects: Genetics and Genomics.
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