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Molecular Mechanisms of Chromosome Pairing, Folding and Function

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Allosteric proteins are proposed which, on binding to specific DNA sites, undergo conformational changes that enable them to bind to each other and to control pairing, condensation, and genetic function of chromosomes.

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COMINGS, D., RIGGS, A. Molecular Mechanisms of Chromosome Pairing, Folding and Function. Nature 233, 48–50 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233048a0

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