Visualization of early chromosome condensation: A hierarchical folding, axial glue model of chromosome structure

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 775-785

  Kireeva, Natashe ^a,c   Lakonishok, Margot ^a   Kireev, Igor ^a,c   Hirano, Tatsuya ^b   Belmont, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromosome structure; Condensins; Mitosis; SMC; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II, EUKARYOTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROPHASE;

EID: 4644360416     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200406049     Document Type: Article

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