Identification of Xenopus SMC protein complexes required for sister chromatid cohesion

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1986-1997

  Losada, Ana ^a   Hirano, Michiko ^a   Hirano, Tatsuya ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell free system; Chromosome condensation; Sister chromatid cohesion; The SMC family; X. laevis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COHESIN; CONDENSIN; DNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SISTER CHROMATID; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032127940     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.13.1986     Document Type: Article

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