"Centromere" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The clear constricted portion of the chromosome at which the chromatids are joined and by which the chromosome is attached to the spindle during cell division.
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D002503
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MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.165 G05.360.160.165
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1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Centromere" by people in Profiles.
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Holocentromeres can consist of merely a few megabase-sized satellite arrays. Nat Commun. 2023 06 13; 14(1):3502.
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Repeat-based holocentromeres influence genome architecture and karyotype evolution. Cell. 2022 Aug 18; 185(17):3153-3168.e18.
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Evolutionary convergence or homology? Comparative cytogenomics of Caesalpinia group species (Leguminosae) reveals diversification in the pericentromeric heterochromatic composition. Planta. 2019 Dec; 250(6):2173-2186.
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Meiotic cohesin SMC1? provides prophase I centromeric cohesion and is required for multiple synapsis-associated functions. PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(12):e1003985.
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The Arabidopsis lyrata genome sequence and the basis of rapid genome size change. Nat Genet. 2011 May; 43(5):476-81.
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Silver-Russell patients showing a broad range of ICR1 and ICR2 hypomethylation in different tissues. Clin Genet. 2011 Jul; 80(1):83-8.
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A deletion distinct from the classical homologous recombination of juvenile nephronophthisis type 1 (NPH1) allows exact molecular definition of deletion breakpoints. Hum Mutat. 2000 Sep; 16(3):211-23.
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Genomic structure, 5' flanking sequences, and precise localization in 1P31.1 of the human prostaglandin F receptor gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1999 Jan 19; 254(2):413-6.