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A Conserved Mechanism for Centromeric Nucleosome Recognition by Centromere Protein CENP-C

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A cell-free CENP-A assembly system defines the chromatin requirements for centromere maintenance.

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A cell-free system for functional centromere and kinetochore assembly

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A small-molecule inhibitor of skeletal muscle myosin II.

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Absolute Stereochemical Assignment and Fluorescence Tuning of the Small Molecule Tool, (-)-Blebbistatin

Acetylation of histone H4 lysine 5 and 12 is required for CENP-A deposition into centromeres

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Anillin binds nonmuscle myosin II and regulates the contractile ring

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Blebbistatin, a myosin II inhibitor, is photoinactivated by blue light

scientific article published in January 2005

CDK phosphorylation of Xenopus laevis M18BP1 promotes its metaphase centromere localization

scientific article published on 02 January 2019

CENP-A confers a reduction in height on octameric nucleosomes

scientific article published on 5 May 2013

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

scientific article published on 12 September 2011

Cell cycle: Checkpoint proteins and kinetochores

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Centromere and Kinetochore Assembly in Xenopus laevis Egg Extract

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

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

scientific article published on 21 June 2009

Centromere formation: from epigenetics to self-assembly

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Chromatin-associated RNA sequencing (ChAR-seq) maps genome-wide RNA-to-DNA contacts.

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Chromosome Segregation: Reconstituting the Kinetochore

scientific article published in December 2016

Condensing chromosome condensation

scientific article published in July 2015

Determining the position of the cell division plane

scientific article published on 6 August 2003

Dissecting temporal and spatial control of cytokinesis with a myosin II Inhibitor

scientific article (publication date: 14 March 2003)

Dissection of CENP-C-directed centromere and kinetochore assembly

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Dual recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes is required for centromere assembly

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Dynamics of CENP-N kinetochore binding during the cell cycle

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

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Fluorescent protein applications in microscopy

scientific article published in January 2013

Form and function of topologically associating genomic domains in budding yeast

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Functions of the centromere and kinetochore in chromosome segregation

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

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

scientific article published on December 2008

Histone titration against the genome sets the DNA-to-cytoplasm threshold for the Xenopus midblastula transition.

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Identification and characterization of centromeric sequences in <i>Xenopus laevis</i>

scientific article published on 19 April 2021

Image analysis benchmarking methods for high-content screen design.

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Imaging nanometre‐scale structure in cells using in situ aberration correction

scientific article published on August 20, 2012

In Vitro Kinetochore Assembly

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In vitro centromere and kinetochore assembly on defined chromatin templates.

scientific article published on 28 August 2011

In vivo visualization of chromosomes using lac operator-repressor binding

scientific article published in March 1998

Kinetic mechanism of blebbistatin inhibition of nonmuscle myosin IIb.

scientific article published in November 2004

Local geometry and elasticity in compact chromatin structure

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MIS12/MIND Control at the Kinetochore.

scientific article published in November 2016

Polo-like kinase controls vertebrate spindle elongation and cytokinesis

scientific article (publication date: 2007)

RNA-dependent stabilization of SUV39H1 at constitutive heterochromatin.

scientific article published on August 2017

Recurrent point mutations in the kinetochore gene KNSTRN in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

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Regulating the timing of CENP-A nucleosome assembly by phosphorylation

scientific article published in January 2015

Specificity of blebbistatin, an inhibitor of myosin II

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Swapping CENP-A at the centromere.

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The centromere: epigenetic control of chromosome segregation during mitosis

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The spindle assembly checkpoint in budding yeast

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The split personality of CENP-A nucleosomes.

scientific article published on July 2012

Variable chromatin structure revealed by in situ spatially correlated DNA cleavage mapping

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