sister chromatid cohesion

Pathology

 Roberts syndrome (MIM.268300)
 SC phocomelia (SC pseudothalidomide syndrome) (MIM.269000)

See also

 cohesins

• SMC3

 sister chromatid exchange

References

 Schule, B.; Oviedo, A.; Johnston, K.; Pai, S.; Francke, U. : Inactivating mutations in ESCO2 cause SC phocomelia and Roberts syndrome: no phenotype-genotype correlation. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 77: 1117-1128, 2005. PubMed ID : 16380922

 Vega H, Waisfisz Q, Gordillo M, Sakai N, Yanagihara I, Yamada M, van Gosliga D, Kayserili H, Xu C, Ozono K, Jabs EW, Inui K, Joenje H. Roberts syndrome is caused by mutations in ESCO2, a human homolog of yeast ECO1 that is essential for the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion. Nat Genet. 2005 May;37(5):468-70. PMID: 15821733