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| Title: | Loss of Dicer fowls up centromeres |
| Authors: | White, Sharon A
Allshire, Robin C |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2004 |
| Citation: | NATURE CELL BIOLOGY. 6 (8): 696-697 AUG 2004 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Abstract: | Centromeres, specialized regions on chromosomes, are essential for accurate chromosome segregation during cell
division. In fission yeast, the RNA interference machinery has a pivotal function in the assembly of centromeric
heterochromatin, which mediates sister centromere cohesion. Studies in vertebrate cells now suggest that many
aspects of this process are conserved. |
| Keywords: | centromeres
heterochromatin
chromosome
vertebrate cells |
| URI: | doi:10.1038/ncb0804-696
http://www.nature.com/nature
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/716 |
| Appears in Collections: | Biological Sciences publications
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