Centromeres: proteins, protein complexes, and repeated domains at centromeres of simple eukaryotes

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Clarke, L [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Mol Cellular & Dev Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80143-3
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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Similarities exist among components of simple and complex centromeres that may not have been expected on the basis of wide variation in size and sequence organization of centromeric DNAs among eukaryotes. Support is growing in systems from fungi to Drosophila for a model of centromere assembly and activation that is dependent on a particular underlying chromatin structure but not necessarily on a specific DNA sequence. (C) Current Biology Ltd ISSN 0959-437X.
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