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Transcription and evolutionary dynamics of the centromeric satellite repeat CentO in rice.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2006
Lee Hye-Ran, Neumann Pavel, Macas Jiri, Jiang Jiming
Abstract excerpt
Satellite DNA is a major component of centromeric heterochromatin in most multicellular eukaryotes, where it is typically organized into megabase-sized tandem arrays. It has recently been demonstrated that small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) processed from centromeric satellite repeats can be involved in epigenetic chromatin modifications which appear to underpin centromere function. However, the structural...
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