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. 2019 Jan 7;29(1):R35-R37.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.044.

Chromosomes: Keeping Centromeric Chromatin Tidy through S Phase

Jennine M Dawicki-McKenna  1 , Ben E Black  2
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Chromosomes: Keeping Centromeric Chromatin Tidy through S Phase

Jennine M Dawicki-McKenna et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The centromere, the chromosomal locus where the kinetochore is assembled in mitosis, is defined epigenetically, and its location must be remembered with each cell cycle. Recent studies elucidate how centromere identity is faithfully maintained despite challenges imposed by DNA replication.

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