title: Chromosome dynamics: the case of the missing condensin.
abstract: Condensins are conserved protein complexes that play integral roles in chromosome dynamics during mitosis and meiosis. Caenorhabditis elegans has been thought to be unusual in that it appeared to lack a typical condensin I complex. However, recent biochemical excavating in the nematode has unearthed the 'missing' condensin I complex as well as the worm homologs of long-lost canonical condensin subunits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D048750:Cell Nucleus Division / Q000502:physiology*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; C108312:condensin complexes; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases