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. 2005 Mar 29;360(1455):537–542. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1609

Table 1. Smc complexes act in diverse forms of DNA metabolism.

Smc complex function references
cohesin sister chromatid cohesion DNA repair Jessberger et al. (1996), Guacci et al. (1997), Michaelis et al. (1997), Sjogren & Nasmyth (2001)
condensin condensation, recombination, DNA repair Hirano et al. (1997), Aoho et al. (2002), Bhalla et al. (2002), Yu & Koshland (2003)
dosage compensation gene expression Chuang et al. (1994), Lieb et al. (1996)
MRX DNA repair, replication Alani et al. (1989), Johzuka & Ogawa (1995), Anderson et al. (2001), Costanzo et al. (2001)
MukB/BsSMC bacterial segregation Niki et al. (1991), Britton et al. (1998), Melby et al. (1998), Case et al. (2004)