Cohesin in development and disease - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2013 Sep;140(18):3715-8.

doi: 10.1242/dev.090605.

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Cohesin in development and disease

Silvia Remeseiro et al. Development. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

Cohesin is a ring-shaped complex, conserved from yeast to human, that was named for its ability to mediate sister chromatid cohesion. This function is essential for chromosome segregation in both mitosis and meiosis, and also for DNA repair. In addition, more recent studies have shown that cohesin influences gene expression during development through mechanisms that likely involve DNA looping and interactions with several transcriptional regulators. Here, we provide an overview of how cohesin functions, highlighting its role both in development and in disease.

Keywords: Chromatin loops; Cohesinopathies; Cohesion.

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