Unlinking chromosome catenanes in vivo by site-specific recombination.

A challenge for chromosome segregation in all domains of life is the formation of catenated progeny chromosomes, which arise during replication as a consequence of the interwound strands of the DNA double helix. Topoisomerases play a key role in DNA unlinking both during and at the completion of rep...

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Main Authors: Grainge, I, Bregu, M, Vazquez, M, Sivanathan, V, Ip, S, Sherratt, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007