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Herrero(Saturnino),Takeshita(Norio),Fischer(… Mol Microbiol 2011-11-23

Chromosome segregation is an essential process for nuclear and cell division. The microtubule cytoskeleton, molecular mo...

Sánchez(Patricia),Losada(Ana) Cell Div 2011-07-14

The centromere is a specialized chromosomal region that directs the formation of the kinetochore, a huge protein assemb...

Mellone(Barbara G),Grive(Kathryn J),Shteyn(V… PLoS Genet 2011-08-23

Semi-conservative segregation of nucleosomes to sister chromatids during DNA replication creates gaps that must be fille...

Cho(Uhn-Soo),Harrison(Stephen C) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011-08-26

A specialized nucleosome is a component of all eukaryotic kinetochores. The core of this nucleosome contains a centromer...

Burnside(R D),Ibrahim(J),Flora(C),Schwartz(S… Cytogenet Genome Res 2011-04-06

The 'McClintock mechanism' of chromosome breakage and centromere misdivision, in which a deleted chromosome with its con...

Bernad(Rafael),Sánchez(Patricia),Rivera(Tere… J Cell Biol 2011-04-25

Centromeric protein A (CENP-A) is the epigenetic mark of centromeres. CENP-A replenishment is necessary in each cell cyc...

Yaginuma(Yuji),Yoda(Kinya),Ogawa(Katsuhiro) Oncology 2011-05-31

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been linked to a variety of human diseases, most notably cancer of the cervix. In the...

Przewloka(Marcin R),Venkei(Zsolt),Bolanos-Ga… Curr Biol 2011-07-12

Centromeres provide a region of chromatin upon which kinetochores are assembled in mitosis. Centromeric protein C (CENP-...

Screpanti(Emanuela),De Antoni(Anna),Alushin(… Curr Biol 2011-07-12

Kinetochores are proteinaceous scaffolds implicated in the formation of load-bearing attachments of chromosomes to micro...

Gascoigne(Karen E),Takeuchi(Kozo),Suzuki(Aus… Cell 2011-06-28

Accurate chromosome segregation requires assembly of the multiprotein kinetochore complex at centromeres. Although prior...