Intergenic locations of rice centromeric chromatin.

Centromeres are sites for assembly of the chromosomal structures that mediate faithful segregation at mitosis and meiosis. Plant and animal centromeres are typically located in megabase-sized arrays of tandem satellite repeats, making their precise mapping difficult. However, some rice centromeres a...

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Main Authors: Huihuang Yan, Paul B Talbert, Hye-Ran Lee, Jamie Jett, Steven Henikoff, Feng Chen, Jiming Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2586382?pdf=render