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Condensin Engages Chromatin
Author(s) -
Petrova Boryana,
Haering Christian H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.201100531
Subject(s) - condensin , chromatin , histone , microbiology and biotechnology , dna , mitosis , biology , genetics , computational biology , cohesin
How are condensin complexes , the major organizers of mitotic chromosomes, targeted to their DNA substrate? Recent discoveries suggest that a remarkable interplay between recruitment factors and kinase‐regulated direct interactions with histone proteins enable condensin to structure chromatin fibers.