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

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 260-269

  Westermann, Stefan ^a   Schleiffer, Alexander ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CCAN; Histones; Kinetochore; Mitosis; Nucleosome

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CENTROMERE ASSOCIATED NETWORK PROTEIN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CENTROMERE PROTEIN C; CENTROMERE PROTEIN H; CENTROMERE PROTEIN I; CENTROMERE PROTEIN K; CENTROMERE PROTEIN L; CENTROMERE PROTEIN M; CENTROMERE PROTEIN N; CENTROMERE PROTEIN O; CENTROMERE PROTEIN P; CENTROMERE PROTEIN Q; CENTROMERE PROTEIN R; CENTROMERE PROTEIN S; CENTROMERE PROTEIN T; CENTROMERE PROTEIN U; CENTROMERE PROTEIN W; CENTROMERE PROTEIN X; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NDC80 COMPLEX; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; AUTOANTIGEN; CHROMATIN; HISTONE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE PHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; HISTONES; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84878149050     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.01.010     Document Type: Review

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