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

Hypermorphic expression of centromeric retroelement-encoded small RNAs impairs CENP-A loading

(2013) Dawn M. Carone et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Esperanto for histones: CENP-A, not CenH3, is the centromeric histone H3 variant

(2013) W. C. Earnshaw et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Functions of the centromere and kinetochore in chromosome segregation

(2013) Frederick G Westhorpe et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Chromosome Engineering Allows the Efficient Isolation of Vertebrate Neocentromeres

(2013) Wei-Hao Shang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Efficient neocentromere formation is suppressed by gene conversion to maintain centromere function at native physical chromosomal loci in Candida albicans

(2013) J. Thakur et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

TFIIIC bound DNA elements in nuclear organization and insulation

(2012) Jacob G. Kirkland et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

HACking the centromere chromatin code: insights from human artificial chromosomes

(2012) Jan H. Bergmann et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

High-resolution mapping and transcriptional activity analysis of chicken centromere sequences on giant lampbrush chromosomes

(2012) Alla Krasikova et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Human centromere genomics: now it's personal

(2012) Karen E. Hayden   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Pericentric and centromeric transcription: a perfect balance required

(2012) Laura E. Hall et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

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

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

An inverse relationship to germline transcription defines centromeric chromatin in C. elegans

(2012) Reto Gassmann et al.   NATURE

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

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

(2012) Eun Shik Choi et al.   PLoS Genetics

tRNA genes protect a reporter gene from epigenetic silencing in mouse cells

(2011) Thomas Ebersole et al.   CELL CYCLE

The ABCs of CENPs

(2011) Marinela Perpelescu et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Genomic size of CENP-A domain is proportional to total alpha satellite array size at human centromeres and expands in cancer cells

(2011) Lori L. Sullivan et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Endogenous Transcription at the Centromere Facilitates Centromere Activity in Budding Yeast

(2011) Kentaro Ohkuni et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Human tRNA genes function as chromatin insulators

(2011) Jesse R Raab et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

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

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

Centromeres: unique chromatin structures that drive chromosome segregation

(2011) Jolien S. Verdaasdonk et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cancer-associated alteration of pericentromeric heterochromatin may contribute to chromosome instability

(2011) R B Slee et al.   ONCOGENE

Aberrant Overexpression of Satellite Repeats in Pancreatic and Other Epithelial Cancers

(2011) D. T. Ting et al.   SCIENCE

Assembly of Drosophila Centromeric Chromatin Proteins during Mitosis

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

Epigenomics of centromere assembly and function

(2010) Kaitlin M Stimpson et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

CenH3/CID Incorporation Is Not Dependent on the Chromatin Assembly Factor CHD1 in Drosophila

(2010) Valerie Podhraski et al.   PLoS One

Sensing centromere tension: Aurora B and the regulation of kinetochore function

(2010) Michael A. Lampson et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Yaqing Du et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Biology of Chromatin Remodeling Complexes

(2009) Cedric R. Clapier et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

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

(2009) Elaine M. Dunleavy et al.   CELL

Hierarchical Inactivation of a Synthetic Human Kinetochore by a Chromatin Modifier

(2009) Stefano Cardinale 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

Non-coding murine centromeric transcripts associate with and potentiate Aurora B kinase

(2009) Federica Ferri et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Neocentromeres Form Efficiently at Multiple Possible Loci in Candida albicans

(2009) Carrie Ketel et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

Artificial chromosome formation in maize (Zea mays L.)

(2008) Evgueni V. Ananiev et al.   CHROMOSOMA

A new class of retroviral and satellite encoded small RNAs emanates from mammalian centromeres

(2008) Dawn M. Carone et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Inactivation of a Human Kinetochore by Specific Targeting of Chromatin Modifiers

(2008) Megumi Nakano et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cell cycle control of centromeric repeat transcription and heterochromatin assembly

(2008) Ee Sin Chen et al.   NATURE

Heterochromatin Integrity Affects Chromosome Reorganization After Centromere Dysfunction

(2008) K. Ishii et al.   SCIENCE