Multistep assembly of DNA condensation clusters by SMC

HyeongJun Kim; Joseph J. Loparo

doi:10.1038/ncomms10200

Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Multistep assembly of DNA condensation clusters by SMC

HyeongJun Kim,
Joseph J. Loparo

Affiliations

HyeongJun Kim: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Joseph J. Loparo: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10200
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC) proteins are essential for chromosome condensation, cohesion and DNA repair. Here the authors use single molecule imaging to visualise how Bacillus subtilisSMC interacts with and condenses DNA.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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