SHI Zhubing, BAI Xiaochen, YU Hongtao . Molecular insights into mechanisms of cohesin in genome maintenance[J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2021 , 43(1) : 1 -8 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2020.00.003

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