Sequence Features and Transcriptional Stalling within Centromere DNA Promote Establishment of CENP-A Chromatin

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Repetitive centromeric satellite RNA is essential for kinetochore formation and cell division

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Centromeric histone H2B monoubiquitination promotes noncoding transcription and chromatin integrity

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A long non-coding RNA is required for targeting centromeric protein A to the human centromere

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Proteasome-Mediated Processing of Def1, a Critical Step in the Cellular Response to Transcription Stress

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Transcription and ncRNAs: at the cent(rome)re of kinetochore assembly and maintenance

(2013) Kristin C. Scott   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Anarchic centromeres: deciphering order from apparent chaos

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Myb-domain protein Teb1 controls histone levels and centromere assembly in fission yeast

(2013) Luis P Valente et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Composition, Functions, and Regulation of the Budding Yeast Kinetochore

(2013) Sue Biggins   GENETICS

A two-step mechanism for epigenetic specification of centromere identity and function

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Telomeric Repeats Facilitate CENP-ACnp1 Incorporation via Telomere Binding Proteins

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Family matters: structural and functional conservation of centromere-associated proteins from yeast to humans

(2013) Stefan Westermann et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Comparative analysis of tandem repeats from hundreds of species reveals unique insights into centromere evolution

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Dynamic phosphorylation patterns of RNA polymerase II CTD during transcription

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Structural basis of transcription elongation

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Quantitative Analysis of Fission Yeast Transcriptomes and Proteomes in Proliferating and Quiescent Cells

(2012) Samuel Marguerat et al.   CELL

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HACking the centromere chromatin code: insights from human artificial chromosomes

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Dicentric chromosomes: unique models to study centromere function and inactivation

(2012) Kaitlin M. Stimpson et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Epigenetic Inactivation and Subsequent Heterochromatinization of a Centromere Stabilize Dicentric Chromosomes

(2012) Hiroshi Sato et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Epigenetic engineering: histone H3K9 acetylation is compatible with kinetochore structure and function

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Manipulating nucleosome disfavoring sequences allows fine-tune regulation of gene expression in yeast

(2012) Tali Raveh-Sadka et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Repeatless and Repeat-Based Centromeres in Potato: Implications for Centromere Evolution

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Active transcription and essential role of RNA polymerase II at the centromere during mitosis

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Quantitative single-molecule microscopy reveals that CENP-ACnp1 deposition occurs during G2 in fission yeast

(2012) D. Lando et al.   Open Biology

Factors That Promote H3 Chromatin Integrity during Transcription Prevent Promiscuous Deposition of CENP-ACnp1 in Fission Yeast

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Centromeric chromatin and the pathway that drives its propagation

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Epigenetic Centromere Propagation and the Nature of CENP-A Nucleosomes

(2011) Ben E. Black et al.   CELL

Rapid De Novo Centromere Formation Occurs Independently of Heterochromatin Protein 1 in C. elegans Embryos

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Endogenous Transcription at the Centromere Facilitates Centromere Activity in Budding Yeast

(2011) Kentaro Ohkuni et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Identification of Noncoding Transcripts from within CENP-A Chromatin at Fission Yeast Centromeres

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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

Structural basis of RNA polymerase II backtracking, arrest and reactivation

(2011) Alan C. M. Cheung et al.   NATURE

Defects in RNA quality control factors reveal RNAi-independent nucleation of heterochromatin

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Drosophila CENH3 Is Sufficient for Centromere Formation

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

H3.3 is deposited at centromeres in S phase as a placeholder for newly assembled CENP-A in G1phase

(2011) Elaine M. Dunleavy et al.   Nucleus

Transcript Elongation by RNA Polymerase II

(2010) Luke A. Selth et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Building centromeres: home sweet home or a nomadic existence?

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Epigenetic engineering shows H3K4me2 is required for HJURP targeting and CENP-A assembly on a synthetic human kinetochore

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Nucleosome dynamics and histone variants

(2010) Dominique Ray-Gallet et al.   Essays in Biochemistry

Chickens possess centromeres with both extended tandem repeats and short non-tandem-repetitive sequences

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Evidence that Transcript Cleavage Is Essential for RNA Polymerase II Transcription and Cell Viability

(2010) Stefan Sigurdsson et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Major Evolutionary Transitions in Centromere Complexity

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Poly(dA:dT) tracts: major determinants of nucleosome organization

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Centromeres: long intergenic spaces with adaptive features

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Fission Yeast Scm3: A CENP-A Receptor Required for Integrity of Subkinetochore Chromatin

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Progression through the RNA Polymerase II CTD Cycle

(2009) Stephen Buratowski   MOLECULAR CELL

Synthetic Heterochromatin Bypasses RNAi and Centromeric Repeats to Establish Functional Centromeres

(2009) A. Kagansky et al.   SCIENCE

What controls nucleosome positions?

(2009) Eran Segal et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

LINE Retrotransposon RNA Is an Essential Structural and Functional Epigenetic Component of a Core Neocentromeric Chromatin

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Neocentromeres: New Insights into Centromere Structure, Disease Development, and Karyotype Evolution

(2008) Owen J. Marshall et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Inactivation of a Human Kinetochore by Specific Targeting of Chromatin Modifiers

(2008) Megumi Nakano et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Reversal of RNA Polymerase II Ubiquitylation by the Ubiquitin Protease Ubp3

(2008) Kristian Kvint et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The DNA-encoded nucleosome organization of a eukaryotic genome

(2008) Noam Kaplan et al.   NATURE

Epigenetic regulation of centromeric chromatin: old dogs, new tricks?

(2008) Robin C. Allshire et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Heterochromatin and RNAi Are Required to Establish CENP-A Chromatin at Centromeres

(2008) H. D. Folco et al.   SCIENCE

Heterochromatin Integrity Affects Chromosome Reorganization After Centromere Dysfunction

(2008) K. Ishii et al.   SCIENCE