Centromere structure and function: lessons from Drosophila.
Centromere structure and function: lessons from Drosophila.
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着丝粒的结构和功能:果蝇的经验教训。
DOI:
10.1093/genetics/iyad170
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发表时间:
2023-12-06
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Heun, Patrick
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作者:
Kyriacou, Eftychia;Heun, Patrick
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster serves as a powerful model organism for advancing our understanding of biological processes, not just by studying its similarities with other organisms including ourselves but also by investigating its differences to unravel the underlying strategies that evolved to achieve a common goal. This is particularly true for centromeres, specialized genomic regions present on all eukaryotic chromosomes that function as the platform for the assembly of kinetochores. These multiprotein structures play an essential role during cell division by connecting chromosomes to spindle microtubules in mitosis and meiosis to mediate accurate chromosome segregation. Here, we will take a historical perspective on the study of fly centromeres, aiming to highlight not only the important similarities but also the differences identified that contributed to advancing centromere biology. We will discuss the current knowledge on the sequence and chromatin organization of fly centromeres together with advances for identification of centromeric proteins. Then, we will describe both the factors and processes involved in centromere organization and how they work together to provide an epigenetic identity to the centromeric locus. Lastly, we will take an evolutionary point of view of centromeres and briefly discuss current views on centromere drive.
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影响因子:
11.8
作者:
Chen, Chin-Chi;Bowers, Sarion;Lipinszki, Zoltan;Palladino, Jason;Trusiak, Sarah;Bettini, Emily;Rosin, Leah;Przewloka, Marcin R.;Glover, David M.;O'Neill, Rachel J.;Mellone, Barbara G.
通讯作者:
Mellone, Barbara G.
DOI:
10.1083/jcb.201001013
发表时间:
2010-06-28
期刊:
The Journal of cell biology
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.201305036
发表时间:
2014-02-03
期刊:
The Journal of cell biology
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Mellone BG
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3.9
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7.7
作者:
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通讯作者:
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