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Cornelia de Lange Syndrome mutations in SMC1A cause cohesion defects in yeast.
Genetics - 4 Oct 2023
Chen Jingrong, Floyd Erin N, Dawson Dean S, Rankin Susannah
Abstract excerpt
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) is a developmental disorder characterized by limb truncations, craniofacial abnormalities, and cognitive delays. CdLS is caused mainly by mutations in genes encoding subunits or regulators of the cohesin complex. Cohesin plays 2 distinct roles in chromosome dynamics as follows: it promotes looping, organization, and compaction of individual chromosomes, and it holds newly...
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