The split personality of CENP-A nucleosomes.

Cell ·Vol. 150 ·No. 2 ·2012-10-01

Westhorpe Frederick G, Straight Aaron F

Abstract

The composition and structure of centromeric nucleosomes, which contain the histone H3 variant CENP-A, is intensely debated. Two independent studies in this issue, in yeast and human cells, now suggest that CENP-A nucleosomes adopt different structures depending on the stage of the cell cycle.

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Journal

Cell

Abbr.

Cell

ISSN

0092-8674

Published

2012-10-01

Indexed

2012-07-23

Updated

2016-10-25

Language

English

Country/Region

United States

NLM ID

0413066

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