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SUBMITTER: Topp CN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC528775 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Topp Christopher N CN Zhong Cathy X CX Dawe R Kelly RK
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20041028 45
RNA is involved in a variety of chromatin modification events, ranging from large-scale structural rearrangements to subtle local affects. Here, we extend the evidence for RNA-chromatin interactions to the centromere core. The data indicate that maize centromeric retrotransposons (CRMs) and satellite repeats (CentC) are not only transcribed, but that nearly half of the CRM and CentC RNA is tightly bound to centromeric histone H3 (CENH3), a key inner kinetochore protein. RNAs from another tandem ...[more]