cohesin

Noun

Meaning

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cohesin (plural cohesins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis

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Anagrams

conshie coshine

Examples

This is followed by anaphase II, in which the remaining centromeric cohesin is cleaved allowing the sister chromatids to segregate. Source: Internet

The protein complex cohesin holds sister chromatids together from the time of their replication until anaphase. Source: Internet

Unlike in mitosis, only the cohesin from the chromosome arms is degraded while the cohesin surrounding the centromere remains protected. Source: Internet

When cells enter mitosis, the sister chromatids (the two copies of each chromosomal DNA molecule resulting from DNA replication in chromatin form) are linked along their length by the action of the cohesin complex. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

coherogram cohesibility cohesible cohesinopathic cohesinopathy cohesion