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Meaning of "centromere"

centromere (noun) - The region of a chromosome to which the microtubules of the spindle attach during cell division
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  • The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

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Let us say that this was one centromere.
The centromere is the primary constriction.
The two chromatids are joined at the centromere.
A centromere is a region on a chromosome that joins sister chromatids.
And that right there is the centromere.
The localization of the centromere is indicated by a dotted line.
Sister chromatids remain attached at the centromere.
Chromosomes in which the centromere is close to one end.
So repeats that are found around the centromere.
The nature of the centromere in filariae remains to be resolved.
The role of heterochromatin in centromere function.
The centromere is a very specific part of the chromosome.
High levels of cohesin binding are observed at the centromere.
The signal for formation of a regional centromere appears to be epigenetic.
An acentric fragment is a segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere.

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Centromere is the point at which the two chromatids of a chromosome are held together.
Occurs when a chromosomal fragment lacking a centromere is lost.
A blood test called centromere antibodies are frequently seen in this form of scleroderma.
Each chromosome is pulled by its centromere.
Pericentric inversions include the centromere and there is a break point in each arm.
The chromosome fragments survived as a result of a nonlocalized centromere.
Variations in the centromere index and the banding pattern in heterochromatin were also discussed.
No interindividual variation for centromere size was found.
A further structure that may be included in target polynucleotide is a centromere.
Subscribe to centromere.
Individuals of a pair are equal in length and in position of the centromere.
A reduction in interval length between centromere activations is assumed to accompany the stabilization of autotretraploids.
Polyploid cells had three or more centromere labels.
Dimorphisms for centromere band enhancement occur on all three polytene chromosomes of the complement.
This is the other centromere.
A positive correlation between centromere and chromosome size was found for the chromosomes analyzed.
The presence of a vestigial centromere.
The centromere also sends out molecular signals to optimise chromosome compaction at its far ends.
They typically arise due to disruption of the normal centromere.
Long microtubules are attached at the centromere and two opposite ends of the cell.
Another useful taxonomic character is the position of the centromere.
B chromosome derivatives suffering from breaks within their centromere were examined cytologically and molecularly.
Condensed chromosomes consist of two sister chromatids joined at the centromere.
The very fact that FriEPRV is most often at the centromere suggests targeted insertion.
About half of the people with deletions have a breakpoint at the centromere.
These autonomous transchromosomes comprise telomere and centromere sequences that enable autonomous replication.
Where they meet in the middle is called the centromere.
Centromere The central part of a chromosome.
It is known as primary constriction or centromere.
The target of the anticentromere antibody ACA is the centromere proteins of the cell nucleus.
Distance from centromere.
Chromosomes are comprised of two segments or arms separated by a region known as the centromere.
Normal chromosomes form an X and the centromere is at the centre.
The sister chromatids are attached to one another by a structure known as the centromere.
These are called centromere associated protein E.

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