title: Chromosome structure. Coiling up chromosomes.
abstract: The mechanism by which eukaryotic chromosomes condense as cells enter mitosis has long been inaccessible to molecular biologists. An important clue has now been provided by a ubiquitous protein family, the SMCs.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Epalinges.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gasser
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins