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#Question id: 2891


Which of the following statements regarding the Structural Maintenance Chromosomal proteins is correct?

A. The cohesins, along with a third protein, kleisin, are thought to form a ring around the replicated chromosomes.

B. Condensin binding causes the DNA to become underwound, in contrast to the overwinding induced by the binding of nucleosomes.

C. Cohesins are made up of pairs of Smc1 and Smc3 proteins, and condensins consist of Smc2-Smc4 pairs.

D. The primary structure of SMC proteins consists of three distinct domains.

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
  1.  A and B

  2. C and D

  3. B and C

  4. A and C