This family is involved in the transcriptional regulation of recombination in the mitochondria,

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2: Recombination-dependent mtDNA partitioning: in vivo role of Mhr1p to promote pairing of homologous DNA. Ling F, Shibata T; EMBO J. 2002;21:4730-4740. PMID:12198175