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 ...

A centromere is a specialized location in the DNA that functions as the control center of cell division and is maintained, unchanged, across generations of cells. It is characterized by a special ...

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 ...

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 ...

A, Under normal conditions, the Bub1 acetylation/deacetylation cycle regulates the kinase activity of Bub1 and thereby promotes the recruitment of CPC and Sgo1 to ...

The centromere of chromosomes plays a crucial role in cell division. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, an international team of researchers has investigated how two crucial proteins -- KNL2 ...

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...