Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Mateo L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4231638 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mateo Lidia L González Josefa J
Genome biology and evolution 20140724 8
The centromere is a chromatin region that is required for accurate inheritance of eukaryotic chromosomes during cell divisions. Among the different centromere-associated proteins (CENP) identified, CENP-B has been independently domesticated from a pogo-like transposase twice: Once in mammals and once in fission yeast. Recently, a third independent domestication restricted to holocentric lepidoptera has been described. In this work, we take advantage of the high-quality genome sequence and the we ...[more]