Chromosome cohesion: Ring around the sisters?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 492-495

  Campbell, Joseph L ^a   Cohen Fix, Orna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COHESIN; DNA; PROTEIN MCD1; PROTEIN RAD21; PROTEIN SCC1; PROTEIN SCC3; PROTEIN SMC1; PROTEIN SMC3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; DISSOCIATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SISTER CHROMATID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036804708     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(02)02194-1     Document Type: Review

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