Management of E. coli sister chromatid cohesion in response to genotoxic stress

Homologous recombination of DNA lesions in bacteria involves sister chromatid pairing. Here, the authors show that RecN promotes contacts between sister chromatids and facilitates repair.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elise Vickridge, Charlene Planchenault, Charlotte Cockram, Isabel Garcia Junceda, Olivier Espéli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14618