title: Meiosis: Cohesins Are Not Just for Sisters Any More.
abstract: Multiple meiosis-specific cohesion proteins act to facilitate homolog segregation at the first meiotic division. A recent paper demonstrates that meiotic cohesins can be separated into two complexes, one that establishes and maintains intersister cohesion and one that promotes interhomolog adhesion by regulating synaptonemal complex assembly.
authors.affiliation: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
authors.forename: Cori K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cahoon
authors.affiliation: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. Electronic address: rsh@stowers.org.
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hawley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism*; D023902:Chromosome Pairing; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008540:Meiosis; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange; D013573:Synaptonemal Complex; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D000097722:Cohesins