DNA renaturation activity of the SMC complex implicated in chromosome condensation

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6644, 1997, Pages 798-801

  Sutani, Takashi ^a   Yanagida, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID RENATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID RENATURATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030826133     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42062     Document Type: Article

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