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Cohesin: a multi-purpose chromatin glue Free
Laura A. Díaz-Martínez and Hongtao Yu*
Department of Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
*Correspondence to:Hongtao Yu, E-mail: hongtao.yu@utsouthwestern.edu
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2009, 58-60,  https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjp014

Long thought to be the glue responsible for holding sister chromatids together, cohesin has been found to be stickier than previously thought. Recent discoveries point to cohesin having a role in transcription regulation by mediating long-distance intra-chromosomal interactions.