Condensin structures chromosomal DNA through topological links

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 894-901

  Cuylen, Sara ^a   Metz, Jutta ^a   Haering, Christian H ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSIN; HETERODIMER;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; FUNGAL CELL; MINICHROMOSOME; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING OPENING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79961029402     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2087     Document Type: Article

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