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Abstract
The centromere is the major cis-acting genetic locus involved in chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis. The mammalian centromere is characterized by large amounts of tandemly repeated satellite DNA and by a number of specific centromere proteins, at least one of which has been shown to interact directly with centromeric satellite DNA sequences. Although direct functional assays of chromosome segregation are still lacking, the data are most consistent with a structural and possibly functional role for satellite DNA in the mammalian centromere.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2087784 DOI: 10.1016/0168-9525(90)90302-m
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Genet ISSN: 0168-9525 Impact factor: 11.639