The quantitative architecture of centromeric chromatin
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The quantitative architecture of centromeric chromatin
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-a...
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عنوان ژورنال: eLife
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.7554/elife.02137