[HTML][HTML] Sequence, chromatin and evolution of satellite DNA

J Thakur, J Packiaraj, S Henikoff - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Satellite DNA consists of abundant tandem repeats that play important roles in cellular
processes, including chromosome segregation, genome organization and chromosome end …

Genomic plasticity of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

A Selmecki, A Forche, J Berman - Eukaryotic cell, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genomic plasticity of Candida albicans, a commensal and common opportunistic fungal
pathogen, continues to reveal unexpected surprises. Once thought to be asexual, we now …

Heterochromatin boundaries are hotspots for de novo kinetochore formation

AM Olszak, D Van Essen, AJ Pereira, S Diehl… - Nature cell …, 2011 - nature.com
The centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENH3 (also known as CENP-A) is considered
to be an epigenetic mark for establishment and propagation of centromere identity. Pulse …

[HTML][HTML] ShRNA-targeted centromere protein A inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma growth

Y Li, Z Zhu, S Zhang, D Yu, H Yu, L Liu, X Cao, L Wang… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Centromere protein A (CENP-A) plays important roles in cell-cycle regulation
and genetic stability. Herein, we aimed to investigate its expression pattern, clinical …

Efficient neocentromere formation is suppressed by gene conversion to maintain centromere function at native physical chromosomal loci in Candida albicans

J Thakur, K Sanyal - Genome Research, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
CENPA/Cse4 assembles centromeric chromatin on diverse DNA. CENPA chromatin is
epigenetically propagated on unique and different centromere DNA sequences in a …

The evolutionary life cycle of the resilient centromere

P Kalitsis, KHA Choo - Chromosoma, 2012 - Springer
The centromere is a chromosomal structure that is essential for the accurate segregation of
replicated eukaryotic chromosomes to daughter cells. In most centromeres, the underlying …

Centromere identity: a challenge to be faced

GD Mehta, MP Agarwal, SK Ghosh - Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2010 - Springer
The centromere is a genetic locus, required for faithful chromosome segregation, where
spindle fibers attach to the chromosome through kinetochore. Loss of centromere or …

Class II analphoid chromosome in a child with aberrant chromosome 7: a rare cytogenetic association

MJ Kumar, RA Kumar, V Subhashree… - … and Genome Research, 2015 - karger.com
A neocentromere is a functional centromere that has arisen within a region not known to
have a centromere. We present a case with a very rarely reported class II neocentromere …

[图书][B] Comparative Analysis of Tandem Repeats from Eukaryotic Genomes: Insight in Centromere Evolution

DP Melters - 2013 - search.proquest.com
Centromeres are the chromosomal loci where microtubule spindles bind, via the
kinetochore, during mitosis and meiosis. Paradoxically the centromere, as a functional unit …

Chromosome Components Important for Genome Stability in Candida albicans and Related Species

L Sreekumar, N Varshney, K Sanyal - Candida albicans: Cellular and …, 2017 - Springer
Pathogenic microorganisms have been constantly evolving to battle the various responses
elicited by the host upon their invasion. Candida albicans bears no exception to this trend. It …