Periodic Reporting for period 4 - CohesinMolMech (Molecular mechanisms of cohesin-mediated sister chromatid cohesion and chromatin organization)

Eukaryotic genomes are large compared to the cells they are contained in, consisting of 2 meters DNA in humans and 20 or more meters in some species such as salamanders. At the various stages of the lifetime of cells, their genomes need to be transcribed, replicated, repaired...