CENP-C functions in centromere assembly, the maintenance of CENP-A asymmetry and epigenetic age in Drosophila germline stem cells.

Germline stem cells divide asymmetrically to produce one new daughter stem cell and one daughter cell that will subsequently undergo meiosis and differentiate to generate the mature gamete. The silent sister hypothesis proposes that in asymmetric divisions, the selective inheritance of sister chroma...

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Main Authors: Ben L Carty, Anna A Dattoli, Elaine M Dunleavy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009247