Cohesin in determining chromosome architecture

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 318, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1386-1393

  Haering, Christian H ^a   Jessberger, Rolf ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosome structure; Cohesin; Gene expression; Meiosis; Mitosis; Sister chromatid cohesion; SMC

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; COHESIN; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN 5;

BASE PAIRING; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INTERPHASE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID;

EID: 84861949299     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.03.016     Document Type: Review

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