SMC-mediated chromosome mechanics: A conserved scheme from bacteria to vertebrates?

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Hirano, Tatsuya ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032901198     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.1.11     Document Type: Review

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