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The quantitative architecture of centromeric chromatin.
eLife - 15 Jul 2014
Bodor Dani L, Mata João F, Sergeev Mikhail, David Ana Filipa, Salimian Kevan J, Panchenko Tanya, Cleveland Don W, Black Ben E, Shah Jagesh V, Jansen Lars Et
Abstract excerpt
The centromere, responsible for chromosome segregation during mitosis, is epigenetically defined by CENP-A containing chromatin. The amount of centromeric CENP-A has direct implications for both the architecture and epigenetic inheritance of centromeres. Using complementary strategies, we determined that typical human centromeres contain ∼400 molecules of CENP-A, which is controlled by a mass-action mechanism....
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