The octamer is the major form of CENP-A nucleosomes at human centromeres

Cell-Cycle-Coupled Structural Oscillation of Centromeric Nucleosomes in Yeast

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Cell-Cycle-Dependent Structural Transitions in the Human CENP-A Nucleosome In Vivo

(2012) Minh Bui et al.   CELL

HJURP Uses Distinct CENP-A Surfaces to Recognize and to Stabilize CENP-A/Histone H4 for Centromere Assembly

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High-Resolution Genome-wide Mapping of the Primary Structure of Chromatin

(2011) Zhenhai Zhang et al.   CELL

Formation of novel CENP-A domains on tandem repetitive DNA and across chromosome breakpoints on human chromosome 8q21 neocentromeres

(2011) Dan Hasson et al.   CHROMOSOMA

HJURP is a CENP-A chromatin assembly factor sufficient to form a functional de novo kinetochore

(2011) Meghan C. Barnhart et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Assembly of Drosophila Centromeric Nucleosomes Requires CID Dimerization

(2011) Weiguo Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

In vitro centromere and kinetochore assembly on defined chromatin templates

(2011) Annika Guse et al.   NATURE

Crystal structure of the human centromeric nucleosome containing CENP-A

(2011) Hiroaki Tachiwana et al.   NATURE

Replacement of histone H3 with CENP-A directs global nucleosome array condensation and loosening of nucleosome superhelical termini

(2011) T. Panchenko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drosophila CENH3 Is Sufficient for Centromere Formation

(2011) M. J. Mendiburo et al.   SCIENCE

Structure and Scm3-mediated assembly of budding yeast centromeric nucleosomes

(2011) Mekonnen Lemma Dechassa et al.   Nature Communications

Biophysical Characterization of the Centromere-specific Nucleosome from Budding Yeast

(2010) Isabel J. Kingston et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Epigenetic centromere specification directs aurora B accumulation but is insufficient to efficiently correct mitotic errors

(2010) Emily A. Bassett et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dual recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes is required for centromere assembly

(2010) Christopher W. Carroll et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The structure of (CENP-A–H4)2 reveals physical features that mark centromeres

(2010) Nikolina Sekulic et al.   NATURE

Centromeric Nucleosomes Induce Positive DNA Supercoils

(2009) Takehito Furuyama et al.   CELL

Fission Yeast Scm3 Mediates Stable Assembly of Cnp1/CENP-A into Centromeric Chromatin

(2009) Jessica S. Williams et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Centromere assembly requires the direct recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes by CENP-N

(2009) Christopher W. Carroll et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

ChIP–seq: advantages and challenges of a maturing technology

(2009) Peter J. Park   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS