Have double minutes functioning centromeres?
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Centromeres
Also known as... The terms ‘centromere’ and ‘kinetochore’ are often used synonymously but it is best to consider the centromere as the DNA and chromatin on which the kinetochore is assembled and the kinetochore as the protein machine, including centromeric chromatin, which mediates attachment to the spindle. Centromeres are found near the centre of the chromosome on metacentric chromosomes, but...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hereditas
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0018-0661
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1978.tb01606.x