Meiosis-specific loading of the centromere-specific histone CENH3 in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Centromere behavior is specialized in meiosis I, so that sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes are pulled toward the same side of the spindle (through kinetochore mono-orientation) and chromosome number is reduced. Factors required for mono-orientation have been identified in yeast. However, c...

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Main Authors: Maruthachalam Ravi, Fukashi Shibata, Joseph S Ramahi, Kiyotaka Nagaki, Changbin Chen, Minoru Murata, Simon W L Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3111537?pdf=render