Open AccessWhen centromeres fill in for telomeres
Author(s) -
Ben Short
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.2084iti2
Subject(s) - centromere , biology , telomere , meiosis , prophase , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , chromosome , dna , gene
![Figure][1] During prophase (left), a centromere (green) contacts the SPB (red, arrowhead), enabling this bouquet-deficient cell to form a bipolar meiotic spindle (red, right).[Fennell et al.][2] reveal that centromeres can stand in for telomeres and promote assembly of the fission yeast
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