A molecular view of kinetochore assembly and function

A Musacchio, A Desai - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Kinetochores are large protein assemblies that connect chromosomes to microtubules of the
mitotic and meiotic spindles in order to distribute the replicated genome from a mother cell to …

The molecular basis for centromere identity and function

KL McKinley, IM Cheeseman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
The centromere is the region of the chromosome that directs its segregation in mitosis and
meiosis. Although the functional importance of the centromere has been appreciated for …

Molecular complexes at euchromatin, heterochromatin and centromeric chromatin

O Morrison, J Thakur - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chromatin consists of a complex of DNA and histone proteins as its core components and
plays an important role in both packaging DNA and regulating DNA metabolic pathways …

Selective Y centromere inactivation triggers chromosome shattering in micronuclei and repair by non-homologous end joining

P Ly, LS Teitz, DH Kim, O Shoshani, H Skaletsky… - Nature cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Chromosome missegregation into a micronucleus can cause complex and localized
genomic rearrangements, known as chromothripsis, but the underlying mechanisms remain …

CENP-C is a blueprint for constitutive centromere–associated network assembly within human kinetochores

K Klare, JR Weir, F Basilico, T Zimniak… - Journal of Cell …, 2015 - rupress.org
Kinetochores are multisubunit complexes that assemble on centromeres to bind spindle
microtubules and promote faithful chromosome segregation during cell division. A 16 …

The CENP-LN complex forms a critical node in an integrated meshwork of interactions at the centromere-kinetochore interface

KL McKinley, N Sekulic, LY Guo, T Tsinman, BE Black… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
During mitosis, the macromolecular kinetochore complex assembles on the centromere to
orchestrate chromosome segregation. The properties and architecture of the 16-subunit …

A variety of changes, including CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated deletions, in CENH3 lead to haploid induction on outcrossing

S Kuppu, M Ron, MPA Marimuthu, G Li… - Plant biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Creating true‐breeding lines is a critical step in plant breeding. Novel, completely
homozygous true‐breeding lines can be generated by doubled haploid technology in single …

The centromere comes into focus: from CENP-A nucleosomes to kinetochore connections with the spindle

K Kixmoeller, PK Allu, BE Black - Open biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Eukaryotic chromosome segregation relies upon specific connections from DNA to the
microtubule-based spindle that forms at cell division. The chromosomal locus that directs …

Centromere and pericentromere transcription: roles and regulation… in sickness and in health

K Smurova, P De Wulf - Frontiers in Genetics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The chromosomal loci known as centromeres (CEN) mediate the equal distribution of the
duplicated genome between both daughter cells. Specifically, centromeres recruit a protein …

Decoding the centromeric nucleosome through CENP-N

S Pentakota, K Zhou, C Smith, S Maffini, A Petrovic… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Centromere protein (CENP) A, a histone H3 variant, is a key epigenetic determinant of
chromosome domains known as centromeres. Centromeres nucleate kinetochores, multi …