title: Why do we have linear chromosomes? A matter of Adam and Eve.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Assembly, Graduate School of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. fishikaw@bio.titech.ac.jp
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naito
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004270:DNA, Circular / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D019281:Dimerization; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis / Q000235:genetics; D005810:Multigene Family; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011506:Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics; D012100:Reproduction, Asexual / Q000235:genetics; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange; D019098:Telomerase / Q000502:physiology; D016615:Telomere / Q000502:physiology; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004270:DNA, Circular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C576324:ATM protein, human; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019098:Telomerase