SMC proteins and their multiple functions in higher plants

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 202-214

  Schubert, V ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cohesin; Condensin; SMC5 6 complex

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COHESIN; CONDENSIN; DNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SMC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COHESINS; CONDENSIN COMPLEXES; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PLANTS;

EID: 67849090662     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218126     Document Type: Review

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