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Cohesin Is Dispensable for Centromere Cohesion in Human Cells

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dc.creator Díaz-Martínez, Laura A.
dc.creator Giménez-Abián, Juan F.
dc.creator Clarke, Duncan J.
dc.date 2008-02-06T13:18:41Z
dc.date 2008-02-06T13:18:41Z
dc.date 2007-03-28
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:59:59Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:59:59Z
dc.identifier PLoS ONE. 2007; 2(3): e318
dc.identifier PMCID: 1820851
dc.identifier 1932-6203
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2879
dc.identifier 10.1371/journal.pone.0000318
dc.identifier 1932-6203
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2879
dc.description We thank R Johnson, K Evenson and L Lanier for use of facilities, K Sullivan, J Peters, H Zou and H Yu for reagents.
dc.description Background: Proper regulation of the cohesion at the centromeres of human chromosomes is essential for accurate genome transmission. Exactly how cohesion is maintained and is then dissolved in anaphase is not understood. Principal Findings: We have investigated the role of the cohesin complex at centromeres in human cells both by depleting cohesin subunits using RNA interference and also by expressing a non-cleavable version of the Rad21 cohesin protein. Rad21 depletion results in aberrant anaphase, during which the sister chromatids separate and segregate in an asynchronous fashion. However, centromere cohesion was maintained before anaphase in Rad21-depleted cells, and the primary constrictions at centromeres were indistinguishable from those in control cells. Expression of non-cleavable Rad21 (NC-Rad21), in which the sites normally cleaved by separase are mutated, resulted in delayed sister chromatid resolution in prophase and prometaphase, and a blockage of chromosome arm separation in anaphase, but did not impede centromere separation. Conclusions: These data indicate that cohesin complexes are dispensable for sister cohesion in early mitosis, yet play an important part in the fidelity of sister separation and segregation during anaphase. Cleavage at the separase-sensitive sites of Rad21 is important for arm separation, but not for centromere separation.
dc.description This work was funded by NIH grant CA099033 (D.J.C.) and J.F.G.A was partly supported by MEC-Spain DGI and L.A.D.M. by CONACyT.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
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dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000318
dc.rights openAccess
dc.title Cohesin Is Dispensable for Centromere Cohesion in Human Cells
dc.type Artículo


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