Cutting the Cohesin (IMAGE)

Universität Bayreuth

Cutting the Cohesin

Caption

The separase cuts the cohesin rings, which hold the sister chromatids together. These then migrate to the opposite poles of the spindle apparatus.

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Graphic: Olaf Stemmann.

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