Open AccessArms together, CENs apart
Author(s) -
William A. Wells
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1553rr4
Subject(s) - cohesin , biology , centromere , sister chromatids , anaphase , separase , genetics , chromatid , chromosome , chromosome segregation , kinetochore , mitosis , microbiology and biotechnology , gene
![][1] Without Swi6, chromosomes lag (top) because centromeres (left) but not chromosome arms (right) fall apart.Allshire/AAASThe cohesin complex acts as a glue for sister chromatids, but in some organisms most cohesin is lost from chromosome arms well before anaphase onset. Now,
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