Multistep assembly of DNA condensation clusters by SMC

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: HyeongJun Kim, Joseph J. Loparo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10200