cin-4, a gene with homology to topoisomerase II, is required for centromere resolution by cohesin removal from sister kinetochores during mitosis.

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Published in Genetics on January 01, 2008

Authors

Gerald Stanvitch1, Landon L Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics and Genomics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.

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