Premitotic assembly of human CENPs -T and -W switches centromeric chromatin to a mitotic state.

Centromeres are differentiated chromatin domains, present once per chromosome, that direct segregation of the genome in mitosis and meiosis by specifying assembly of the kinetochore. They are distinct genetic loci in that their identity in most organisms is determined not by the DNA sequences they a...

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Main Authors: Lisa Prendergast, Chelly van Vuuren, Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk, Volker Doering, Daniela Hellwig, Nadine Quinn, Christian Hoischen, Stephan Diekmann, Kevin F Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21695110/pdf/?tool=EBI

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