Sunflower centromeres consist of a centromere-specific LINE and a chromosome-specific tandem repeat

The kinetochore is a protein complex including kinetochore-specific proteins that plays a role in chromatid segregation during mitosis and meiosis. The complex associates with centromeric DNA sequences that are usually species-specific. In plant species, tandem repeats including satellite DNA sequen...

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Main Authors: Kiyotaka eNagaki, Keisuke eTanaka, Naoki eYamaji, Hisato eKobayashi, Minoru eMurata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00912/full