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condensin

[kən′den·sən]
(cell and molecular biology)
The class of proteins that form condensin complexes, which drive the coiling of interphase chromosomes, leading to their condensation prior to mitosis.
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These SNPs located in or near genes ligand dependent nuclear receptor corepressor like, non-SMC condensin I complex subunit G (NCAPG), leucine aminopeptidase 3, LIM domain binding 2, quinoid dihydropteridine reductase, prominin 1, and transmembrane anterior posterior transformation 1.
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SMC1/3 form the core of the cohesin complex which mediates sister chromatid cohesion; SMC2/4 are present in the condensin complex that acts in chromosome assembly and segregation.
Nesprin-2 Interacts with Condensin Component SMC2
Condensin II complex is another important factor that highlights the role of pRB in mitotic chromosome dynamics and stability (Figure 3).
Roles of pRB in the Regulation of Nucleosome and Chromatin Structures
I plan to use a multidisciplinary approach, combining acute protein inactivation, 4D-live cell imaging and biophysical/mathematical approaches to evaluate role of condensin complexes, one of the most abundant non-histone chromosomal proteins, in the process of chromosome assembly.
CCC: Chromosome Condensation and Cohesion
In fact, inactive rDNA units were associated with condensin, a protein complex that condenses rDNA and connects sister-chromatids for repair by homologous recombination (Fig.
Ribosomal RNA gene repeats, their stability and cellular senescence
Cerevisiae) HNRNPA2B1 -2.9 3181 Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 XIST -2.8 7503 X (inactive)-specific transcript (non-protein coding) SNORA33 -2.6 594839 Small nucleolar RNA, H/ACA box 33 SNHG12 -2.5 85028 Small nucleolar RNA host gene 12 (non-protein coding) C20orf197 -2.4 284756 Chromosome 20 open reading frame 197 EML2 -2.4 24139 Echinoderm microtubule associated protein like 2 PNISR -2.3 25957 PNN-interacting serine/ arginine-rich protein KIAA0020 -2.3 9933 Kiaa0020 HMMR -2.2 3161 Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (RHAMM) NOP58 -2.2 51602 NOP58 ribonucleoprotein homolog (yeast) PILRB -2 29990 Paired immunoglobin-like type 2 receptor beta NCAPG -2 64151 Non-SMC condensin I complex, subunit G PICALM -2 8301 Phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein
Gene expression profiling of the paracrine effects of uterine natural killer cells on human endometrial epithelial cells
As the chromosomes condense, REC8 is cleaved on the chromosome arms and the cohesin complex is replaced by the condensin complex.
Potential role of meiosis proteins in melanoma chromosomal instability
Components of the condensin complex (eg, BRRN1, CNAP1, NCAPD3) and members of the kinesin family (eg, KIF14, KIF23, KIFC1) were upregulated.
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The "haggard faces" and the "dwarfed child" are not related to the abstraction injustice by virtue of sharing one like quality; instead, they are entirely congruent with injustice, condensin g it into a single, stark image.
Sedition, Chartism, and Epic Poetry in Thomas Cooper's The Purgatory of Suicides
On chromosome 6 there are several protein coding sequences in near vicinity of the locus rs109210955, including leucine aminopeptidase (LAP3), mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 28 (MED28), family with sequence similarity 184 member B (FAM184B), DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 16 (DCAF16), non-SMC condensin I complex subunit G (NCAPG), ligand-dependent nuclear receptor corepressor-like protein (LCORL).
Effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms on intramuscular fat content in Hungarian Simmental cattle
In early prophase, the CPC is located on chromosomal condensing arms where it seems to displace the heterochromatin protein-1 from DNA and to recruit condensin proteins (Figure 3) 36, 37].
A new aurora in anaplastic thyroid cancer therapy
Nonsynonymous SNP on BTA 6 within non-SMC condensin I complex subunit G identified to be significantly associated with carcass weight in a large Japanese black population [10].
Genome-wide association study of carcass weight in commercial Hanwoo cattle

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