| Literature DB >> 2552293 |
G Cottarel1, J H Shero, P Hieter, J H Hegemann.
Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae centromeres contain a conserved region ranging from 111 to 119 base pairs (bp) in length, which is characterized by the three conserved DNA elements CDEI, CDEII, and CDEIII. We isolated a 125-bp CEN6 DNA fragment (named ML CEN6) containing only these conserved elements and assayed it completely separated from its chromosomal context on circular minichromosomes and on a large linear chromosome fragment. The results show that this 125-bp CEN6 DNA fragment is by itself sufficient for complete mitotic and meiotic centromere functions.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2552293 PMCID: PMC362379 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.8.3342-3349.1989
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biol ISSN: 0270-7306 Impact factor: 4.272