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CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 91-100出版社
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2007.11.007
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [T32 GM008275] Funding Source: Medline
The centromere is the chromosomal locus that guides faithful inheritance. Centromeres are specified epigenetically, and the histone H3 variant CENP-A has emerged as the best candidate to carry the epigenetic centromere mark. Recent advances demonstrate the physical basis for this epigenetic mark whereby CENP-A confers conformational rigidity to the nucleosome it forms with other core histones. This nucleosome is recognized by a multisubunit complex of constitutive centromere proteins, termed the CENP-A(NAC). Evidence from two CENP-A relatives in diverse eukaryotes suggests that the histone complexes they form adopt highly unconventional arrangements on DNA. Centromere identity, itself, is propagated during mitotic exit and early G1, and it relies upon a cis-acting targeting domain within CENP-A and a proposed centromere 'priming' reaction.
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