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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Main Authors: Goloborodko, Anton, Imakaev, Maksim Viktorovich, Marko, John F., Mirny, Leonid A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103581
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0785-5410
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-2728
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2210-8616