Plant cohesins, common themes and unique roles

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-104

  Yuan, Li ^a   Yang, Xiaohui ^a   Makaroff, Christopher A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cohesion; DNA repair; Kleisin; SMC

Indexed keywords

COHESIN;

CHROMOSOME; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 79958082350     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: 18755550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920311795684904     Document Type: Review

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