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Cnd2 has dual roles in mitotic condensation and interphase.
Nature - 9 May 2002
Aono Nobuki, Sutani Takashi, Tomonaga Takeshi, Mochida Satoru, Yanagida Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome condensation requires condensin, which comprises five subunits. Two of these subunits--both being structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) proteins-are coiled-coils with globular terminal domains that interact with ATP and DNA. The remaining three, non-SMC subunits also have essential, albeit undefined, roles in condensation. Here we report that Cnd2 (ref. 6), a non-SMC subunit of fission yeast...
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