Uracil DNA N-glycosylase promotes assembly of human centromere protein A.

Uracil is removed from DNA by the conserved enzyme uracil DNA N-glycosylase (UNG). Previously, we observed that inhibiting UNG in Xenopus egg extracts blocked assembly of CENP-A, a histone H3 variant. CENP-A is an essential protein in all species, since it is required for chromosome segregation duri...

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Main Authors: Samantha G Zeitlin, Brian R Chapados, Norman M Baker, Caroline Tai, Geir Slupphaug, Jean Y J Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3047565?pdf=render

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