By L. Xu and colleagues. Molecular and Cellular Biology 15(12), 6572–6581 (December 1995); DOI doi.org/10.1128/MCB.15.12.6572
Full text pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC230910/ . Abstract: NDT80-null and point mutants arrest at pachytene, retain full-length synaptonemal complexes and show relatively normal meiotic recombination. The gene encodes a 627-amino-acid protein.