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Nature Cell Biology 7, 930–932 (1 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncb1005-930

More than a separase

Ethel Queralt & Frank Uhlmann

A major role of mitosis is to ensure the equal distribution of the replicated genome to both daughter cells. After DNA replication, the sister chromatids remain joined by the chromosomal cohesin complex.