Researchers from the Kops group in collaboration with researchers from the University of Edinburgh, made a surprising new discovery in the structure of the centromere, a structure that is involved in ...

Super-resolution microscopy image of a mitotic chromosome (white) with the centromeres of each sister chromatid depicted in orange. Each centromere consists of two distinct chromatin subdomains ...

A genomic study of human and selected nonhuman primate centromeres has revealed their unimaginable diversity and speed of evolutionary change. Although centromeres are vital to proper cell replication ...

Osaka, Japan – The genetic material inside cells is organized into structures called chromosomes. The centromere is essential for the correct division of the chromosomes via interaction with spindle ...

Researchers at Osaka University say they have clarified the structure of the centromeric region in chicken cells using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The team published its study in “The ...

Centromeres are important elements of chromosomes that are responsible for the proper separation of chromosomes during cell division. This function is closely related to appropriate methylation ...

The genetic material inside cells is organized into structures called chromosomes. The centromere is essential for the correct division of the chromosomes via interaction with spindle microtubules ...

Just like you might use a belt to keep your clothes in place, the centromere holds a pair of chromatids together and attaches it to the mitotic spindle during cell division to ensure that each ...

Several recent studies have shown that a protein specific to centromeres—known as CENtromere Protein-A (CENP-A) in humans—is necessary across eukaryotes to preserve centromere location, but exactly ...

Human cell division involves hundreds of proteins at its core. Knowing the 3D structure of these proteins is pivotal to understand how our genetic material is duplicated and passed through generations ...