Browsing by Subject "cenp-a"
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Esperanto for histones: cenp-a, not cenh3, is the centromeric histone h3 variant
(Springer Nature, 2013-04-01)The first centromeric protein identified in any species was CENP-A, a divergent member of the histone H3 family that was recognised by autoantibodies from patients with scleroderma-spectrum disease. It has recently been ... -
Nucleolar activity and cenp-c regulate cenp-a and cal1 availability for centromere assembly in meiosis
(The Company of Biologists, 2016-04-15)The centromere-specific histone CENP-A is the key epigenetic determinant of centromere identity. Whereas most histones are removed from mature sperm, CENP-A is retained to mark paternal centromeres. In Drosophila males we ...