An overview of plant centromeres

Guixiang Wang; Xueyong Zhang; Weiwei Jin

doi:10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60144-7

Volume 36 Issue 9

Sep. 2009

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An overview of plant centromeres

doi: 10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60144-7

a
National Maize Improvement Center of China, Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and Genome of Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
b
Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Utilization, MOA, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: weiweijin@cau.edu.cn (Weiwei Jin)
Received Date: 2009-02-13
Accepted Date: 2009-04-27
Rev Recd Date: 2009-04-18

Available Online: 2009-09-25

Publish Date: 2009-09-20

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Abstract

The centromere is a defining region that mediates chromosome attachment to kinetochore microtubules and proper segregation of the sister chromatids. Intriguingly, satellite DNA and centromeric retrotransposon as major DNA constituents of centromere showed baffling diversification and species-specific. However, the key kinetochore proteins are conserved in both plants and animals, particularly the centromere-specific histone H3-like protein (CENH3) in all functional centromeres. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of epigenetic mechanisms in the establishment and maintenance of centromere identity. Here, we review the progress and compendium of research on plant centromere in the light of recent data.
- plant chromosome,
- centromere,
- centromeric DNA,
- CENH3

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