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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Using combined immunofluorescence and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis we have extensively characterized the proteins associating with two different homologue human neocentromeres at interphase and prometaphase/metaphase, and compared these directly with those found with normal human centromeres. Antisera to CENP-A, CENP-B, CENP-C, CENP-E, CENP-F, INCENP, CLIP-170, dynein, dynactin subunits p150 (Glued) and Arp1, MCAK, Tsg24, p55CDC, HZW10, HBUB1, HBUBR1, BUB3, MAD2, ERK1, 3F3/2, topoisomerase II and a murine HP1 homologue, M31, were used in immuno-fluorescence experiments in conjunction with FISH employing specific DNA probes to clearly identify neocentromeric DNA. We found that except for the total absence of CENP-B binding, neocentromeres are indistinguishable from their alpha satellite-containing counterparts in terms of protein composition and distribution. This suggests that the DNA base of a potential centromeric locus is of minimal importance in determining the overall structure of a functional kinetochore and that, once seeded, the events leading to functional kinetochore formation occur independently of primary DNA sequence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
175-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Anaphase, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Centromere, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Immune Sera, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Kinetochores, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Metaphase, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10607828-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Human centromeres and neocentromeres show identical distribution patterns of >20 functionally important kinetochore-associated proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
The Murdoch Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville 3052, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't