ArticleNature cell biology2013
A two-step mechanism for epigenetic specification of centromere identity and function.
Article in Nature cell biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 177 papers.
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- RB dependent transcriptional regulation at mitotic centromeres preserves genome stability.Life science alliance · 2026Article
- Maternal CENP-C restores centromere symmetry in mammalian zygotes to ensure proper chromosome segregation.Developmental cell · 2026Article
- Oncogenic lncRNA transgene transcription modulates epigenetic memory at a naïve chromosomal locus.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2025Article
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- Cell line-matched reference enables high-precision functional genomics.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Comparative analysis of predicted DNA secondary structures infers complex human centromere topology.American journal of human genetics · 2024Article
- Centromeres in cancer: Unraveling the link between chromosomal instability and tumorigenesis.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2024Review
- Determinants of minor satellite RNA function in chromosome segregation in mouse embryonic stem cells.The Journal of cell biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The basic determinant of chromosome inheritance, the centromere, is specified in many eukaryotes by an epigenetic mark. Using gene targeting in human cells and fission yeast, chromatin containing the centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENP-A is demonstrated to be the epigenetic mark that acts through a two-step mechanism to identify, maintain and propagate centromere function indefinitely. Initially, centromere position is replicated and maintained by chromatin assembled with the centromere-targeting domain (CATD) of CENP-A substituted into H3. Subsequently, nucleation of kinetochore assembly onto CATD-containing chromatin is shown to require either the amino- or carboxy-terminal tail of CENP-A for recruitment of inner kinetochore proteins, including stabilizing CENP-B binding to human centromeres or direct recruitment of CENP-C, respectively.
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