A positive spin on the centromere. Journal Article

Overview

abstract

• The properties of centromeric nucleosomes have been the subject of considerable debate and controversy. Furuyama and Henikoff (2009) now provide surprising evidence that centromeric nucleosomes wrap DNA in an orientation that is opposite to that of canonical nucleosomes.

CU Boulder Authors

• Luger, Karolin

publication date

• July 10, 2009

has subject area

• Animals
• DNA
• Drosophila
• Drosophila Proteins
• Genetic Structures - Centromere
• Genetic Structures - Nucleic Acid Conformation
• Genetic Structures - Nucleosomes
• Intranuclear Space - Centromere
• Intranuclear Space - Nucleosomes
• Models, Molecular
• Molecular Conformation - Nucleic Acid Conformation
• Nuclear Proteins - Histones
• Nucleoproteins - Histones
• Nucleoproteins - Nucleosomes

Full Author List

• Dechassa ML; D'Arcy S; Luger K

published in

• Cell  Journal

Other Profiles

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.037

Additional Document Info

start page

• 22

end page

• 24

volume

• 138

issue

• 1