Putting CENP-A in its place

CENP-T-W-S-X Forms a Unique Centromeric Chromatin Structure with a Histone-like Fold

(2012) Tatsuya Nishino et al.   CELL

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

(2012) Emily A. Bassett et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Breaking the HAC Barrier: Histone H3K9 acetyl/methyl balance regulates CENP-A assembly

(2012) Jun-ichirou Ohzeki et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

(2012) J. H. Bergmann et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Roles of Mis18α in Epigenetic Regulation of Centromeric Chromatin and CENP-A Loading

(2012) Ik Soo Kim et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

CENP-T proteins are conserved centromere receptors of the Ndc80 complex

(2012) Alexander Schleiffer et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2012) F. L. Chan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CENP-C facilitates the recruitment of M18BP1 to centromeric chromatin

(2012) Silvia Dambacher et al.   Nucleus

Epigenetic Centromere Propagation and the Nature of CENP-A Nucleosomes

(2011) Ben E. Black et al.   CELL

Induced Ectopic Kinetochore Assembly Bypasses the Requirement for CENP-A Nucleosomes

(2011) Karen E. Gascoigne et al.   CELL

A 4-Gene Signature Associated with Clinical Outcome in High-Grade Gliomas

(2011) M. de Tayrac et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Direct Binding of Cenp-C to the Mis12 Complex Joins the Inner and Outer Kinetochore

(2011) Emanuela Screpanti et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The F Box Protein Partner of Paired Regulates Stability of Drosophila Centromeric Histone H3, CenH3CID

(2011) Olga Moreno-Moreno et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

CENP-C Is a Structural Platform for Kinetochore Assembly

(2011) Marcin R. Przewloka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cdk Activity Couples Epigenetic Centromere Inheritance to Cell Cycle Progression

(2011) Mariana C.C. Silva et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The SWI/SNF complex acts to constrain distribution of the centromeric histone variant Cse4

(2011) Triantaffyllos Gkikopoulos et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Structure of a CENP-A-histone H4 heterodimer in complex with chaperone HJURP

(2011) H. Hu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Scm3 Is a Centromeric Nucleosome Assembly Factor

(2011) Manjunatha Shivaraju et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2011) Eun Shik Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Spindle microtubules generate tension-dependent changes in the distribution of inner kinetochore proteins

(2011) Aussie Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

CENP-C recruits M18BP1 to centromeres to promote CENP-A chromatin assembly

(2011) Ben Moree et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

XenopusHJURP and condensin II are required for CENP-A assembly

(2011) Rafael Bernad et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamics of CENP-N kinetochore binding during the cell cycle

(2011) D. Hellwig et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Nonhistone Scm3 Binds to AT-Rich DNA to Organize Atypical Centromeric Nucleosome of Budding Yeast

(2011) Hua Xiao et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Assembly of Drosophila Centromeric Nucleosomes Requires CID Dimerization

(2011) Weiguo Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Human Artificial Chromosomes for Gene Delivery and the Development of Animal Models

(2011) Yasuhiro Kazuki et al.   MOLECULAR THERAPY

Structural basis for recognition of centromere histone variant CenH3 by the chaperone Scm3

(2011) Zheng Zhou et al.   NATURE

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

Condensin association with histone H2A shapes mitotic chromosomes

(2011) Kenji Tada et al.   NATURE

Heterochromatin boundaries are hotspots for de novo kinetochore formation

(2011) Agata M. Olszak et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A quantitative model for cyclin-dependent kinase control of the cell cycle: revisited

(2011) F. Uhlmann et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Integration-Free iPS Cells Engineered Using Human Artificial Chromosome Vectors

(2011) Masaharu Hiratsuka et al.   PLoS One

Recognition of the centromere-specific histone Cse4 by the chaperone Scm3

(2011) U.-S. Cho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Human artificial chromosome (HAC) vector with a conditional centromere for correction of genetic deficiencies in human cells

(2011) J.-H. Kim 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

The consequences of structural genomic alterations in humans: Genomic Disorders, genomic instability and cancer

(2011) Rita Colnaghi et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Deciphering condensin action during chromosome segregation

(2011) Sara Cuylen et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Structure and Scm3-mediated assembly of budding yeast centromeric nucleosomes

(2011) Mekonnen Lemma Dechassa et al.   Nature Communications

The Histone Database: an integrated resource for histones and histone fold-containing proteins

(2011) L. Marino-Ramirez et al.   Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation

Premitotic Assembly of Human CENPs -T and -W Switches Centromeric Chromatin to a Mitotic State

(2011) Lisa Prendergast et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Misregulation of Scm3p/HJURP Causes Chromosome Instability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Human Cells

(2011) Prashant K. Mishra et al.   PLoS Genetics

Assembly of Drosophila Centromeric Chromatin Proteins during Mitosis

(2011) Barbara G. Mellone et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

Chaperoning Histones during DNA Replication and Repair

(2010) Monica Ransom et al.   CELL

Drosophila CENP-C is essential for centromere identity

(2010) Bernardo Orr et al.   CHROMOSOMA

RNAi-dependent formation of heterochromatin and its diverse functions

(2010) Shiv IS Grewal   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Human Artificial Chromosome with a Conditional Centromere for Gene Delivery and Gene Expression

(2010) Y. Iida et al.   DNA RESEARCH

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

(2010) Jan H Bergmann et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

Psh1 Is an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase that Targets the Centromeric Histone Variant Cse4

(2010) Geetha Hewawasam et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

An E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Prevents Ectopic Localization of the Centromeric Histone H3 Variant via the Centromere Targeting Domain

(2010) Prerana Ranjitkar et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

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

(2010) Nikolina Sekulic et al.   NATURE

Molecular control of kinetochore-microtubule dynamics and chromosome oscillations

(2010) Ana C. Amaro et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A small GTPase molecular switch regulates epigenetic centromere maintenance by stabilizing newly incorporated CENP-A

(2010) Anaïck Lagana et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

HJURP binds CENP-A via a highly conserved N-terminal domain and mediates its deposition at centromeres

(2010) M. Shuaib et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A super-resolution map of the vertebrate kinetochore

(2010) S. A. Ribeiro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tetrameric organization of vertebrate centromeric nucleosomes

(2010) E. K. Dimitriadis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A paucity of heterochromatin at functional human neocentromeres

(2010) Alicia Alonso et al.   Epigenetics & Chromatin

DNA Binding of Centromere Protein C (CENPC) Is Stabilized by Single-Stranded RNA

(2010) Yaqing Du et al.   PLoS Genetics

Common Ancestry of the CENP-A Chaperones Scm3 and HJURP

(2009) Luis Sanchez-Pulido et al.   CELL

HJURP Is a Cell-Cycle-Dependent Maintenance and Deposition Factor of CENP-A at Centromeres

(2009) Elaine M. Dunleavy et al.   CELL

Centromere-Specific Assembly of CENP-A Nucleosomes Is Mediated by HJURP

(2009) Daniel R. Foltz et al.   CELL

DNMT3B interacts with constitutive centromere protein CENP-C to modulate DNA methylation and the histone code at centromeric regions

(2009) Suhasni Gopalakrishnan et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Active establishment of centromeric CENP-A chromatin by RSF complex

(2009) Marinela Perpelescu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Hierarchical Inactivation of a Synthetic Human Kinetochore by a Chromatin Modifier

(2009) Stefano Cardinale et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Dissection of CENP-C–directed Centromere and Kinetochore Assembly

(2009) Kirstin J. Milks et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

CENP-H–containing Complex Facilitates Centromere Deposition of CENP-A in Cooperation with FACT and CHD1

(2009) Masahiro Okada et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

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

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

(2009) Alison L. Pidoux et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Cse4 Is Part of an Octameric Nucleosome in Budding Yeast

(2009) Raymond Camahort et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Complete Genetic Correction of iPS Cells From Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(2009) Yasuhiro Kazuki et al.   MOLECULAR THERAPY

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

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

Epigenetic inheritance during the cell cycle

(2009) Aline V. Probst et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Human Condensin Function Is Essential for Centromeric Chromatin Assembly and Proper Sister Kinetochore Orientation

(2009) Alexander Samoshkin et al.   PLoS One

Synthetic Heterochromatin Bypasses RNAi and Centromeric Repeats to Establish Functional Centromeres

(2009) A. Kagansky et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2009) Anderly C. Chueh et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

Variability of origin for the neocentromeric sequences in analphoid supernumerary marker chromosomes of well-differentiated liposarcomas

(2008) Antoine Italiano et al.   CANCER LETTERS

CCAN Makes Multiple Contacts with Centromeric DNA to Provide Distinct Pathways to the Outer Kinetochore

(2008) Tetsuya Hori et al.   CELL

Inactivation of a Human Kinetochore by Specific Targeting of Chromatin Modifiers

(2008) Megumi Nakano et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Aneuploidy: Cells Losing Their Balance

(2008) Eduardo M. Torres et al.   GENETICS

Three-dimensional localization of CENP-A suggests a complex higher order structure of centromeric chromatin

(2008) Owen J. Marshall et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis reveals a cell cycle–dependent mechanism controlling centromere propagation

(2008) Sylvia Erhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamics of inner kinetochore assembly and maintenance in living cells

(2008) Peter Hemmerich et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

CENP-O Class Proteins Form a Stable Complex and Are Required for Proper Kinetochore Function

(2007) Tetsuya Hori et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

KNL1 and the CENP-H/I/K Complex Coordinately Direct Kinetochore Assembly in Vertebrates

(2007) Iain M. Cheeseman et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL