Review: SMCs in the world of chromosome biology - From prokaryotes to higher eukaryotes

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 123-143

  Cobbe, Neville ^a   Heck, Margarete M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COHESIN;

CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0033940062     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4255     Document Type: Article

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