The maintenance of chromosome structure: Positioning and functioning of SMC complexes

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 601-614

  Jeppsson, Kristian ^a   Kanno, Takaharu ^a   Shirahige, Katsuhiko ^b   Sjögren, Camilla ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COHESIN; CONDENSIN; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES COMPLEX; STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES COMPLEX 5; STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES COMPLEX 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AND RELATED PHENOMENA; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME BINDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA BRIDGING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906704724     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3857     Document Type: Review

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