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Compaction and segregation of sister chromatids via active loop extrusion

The mechanism by which chromatids and chromosomes are segregated during mitosis and meiosis is a major puzzle of biology and biophysics. Using polymer simulations of chromosome dynamics, we show that a single mechanism of loop extrusion by condensins can robustly compact, segregate and disentangle c...

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Autores principales: Goloborodko, Anton, Imakaev, Maxim V, Marko, John F, Mirny, Leonid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4914367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192037
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14864

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