title: Foreword: the many fascinating functions of SMC protein complexes.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany. christian.haering@embl.de
authors.forename: Christian H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Haering
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002842:Chromatids / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000502:physiology; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008540:Meiosis; D008938:Mitosis; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000502:physiology; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D000097722:Cohesins; C108312:condensin complexes