CENH3-GFP: a visual marker for gametophytic and somatic ploidy determination in Arabidopsis thaliana [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The in vivo determination of the cell-specific chromosome number provides a valuable tool in several aspects of plant research. However, current techniques to determine the endosystemic ploidy level do not allow non-destructive, cell-specific
Angenon, Geert +4 more
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Centromere domain organization and histone modifications
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2002 Centromere function requires the proper coordination of several subfunctions, such as kinetochore assembly, sister chromatid cohesion, binding of kinetochore microtubules, orientation of sister kinetochores to opposite spindle poles, and their movement ...
P. Bjerling, K. Ekwall
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Epigenetic dynamics of centromeres and neocentromeres in Cryptococcus deuterogattii.
PLoS Genetics, 2021 Deletion of native centromeres in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deuterogattii leads to neocentromere formation. Native centromeres span truncated transposable elements, while neocentromeres do not and instead span actively expressed genes.
Klaas Schotanus +2 more
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Recent insights into mechanisms preventing ectopic centromere formation
Open Biology, 2021 The centromere is a specialized chromosomal structure essential for chromosome segregation. Centromere dysfunction leads to chromosome segregation errors and genome instability.
Qianhua Dong +3 more
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Amplification and adaptation of centromeric repeats in polyploid switchgrass species. [PDF]
, 2018 Centromeres in most higher eukaryotes are composed of long arrays of satellite repeats from a single satellite repeat family. Why centromeres are dominated by a single satellite repeat and how the satellite repeats originate and evolve are among the most
Braz, Guilherme T +10 more
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Temporal characterization of homology-independent centromere coupling in meiotic prophase. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Over the past thirty years several reports of the pairing or association of non-homologous centromeres during meiotic prophase have appeared in the literature.
David Obeso, Dean S Dawson
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The architecture of chicken chromosome territories changes during differentiation [PDF]
, 2004 BACKGROUND: Between cell divisions the chromatin fiber of each chromosome is restricted to a subvolume of the interphase cell nucleus called chromosome territory.
Bonifer, C. +7 more
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Heterochromatin and RNAi regulate centromeres by protecting CENP-A from ubiquitin-mediated degradation. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2018 Centromere is a specialized chromatin domain that plays a vital role in chromosome segregation. In most eukaryotes, centromere is surrounded by the epigenetically distinct heterochromatin domain. Heterochromatin has been shown to contribute to centromere
Jinpu Yang +7 more
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Transposable elements: genome innovation, chromosome diversity, and centromere conflict
Chromosome Research, 2018 Although it was nearly 70 years ago when transposable elements (TEs) were first discovered “jumping” from one genomic location to another, TEs are now recognized as contributors to genomic innovations as well as genome instability across a wide variety ...
Savannah J. Klein, R. O’Neill
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Centromere transcription allows CENP-A to transit from chromatin association to stable incorporation
Journal of Cell Biology, 2018 Centromeres are essential for chromosome segregation and are specified epigenetically by the presence of the histone H3 variant CENP-A. In flies and humans, replenishment of the centromeric mark is uncoupled from DNA replication and requires the removal ...
G. Bobkov, N. Gilbert, P. Heun
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