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Cohesin and human disease: lessons from mouse models.
Current opinion in cell biology - 1 Dec 2015
Singh Vijay Pratap, Gerton Jennifer L
Abstract excerpt
Cohesin is an evolutionarily conserved large ring-like multi-subunit protein structure that can encircle DNA. Cohesin affects many processes that occur on chromosomes such as segregation, DNA replication, double-strand break repair, condensation, chromosome organization, and gene expression. Mutations in the genes that encode cohesin and its regulators cause human developmental disorders and cancer. Several mouse...
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