CNIO researchers delve into the behavior of cohesins

Friday, October 18, 2013 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

Cohesins are protein complexes that join the two copies of each chromosome—called sister chromatids—to ensure that they are shared fairly between the daughter cells during cell division. In this way, each daughter cell receives exactly the same genetic information from the parent cell.

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