Abstract
We recently described a human marker chromosome containing a functional neo-centromere that binds anti-centromere antibodies, but is devoid of centromeric α-satellite repeats and derived from a hitherto non-centromeric region of chromosome 10q25. Chromosome walking using cloned single-copy DNA from this region enabled us to identify the antibody-binding domain of this centromere. Extensive restriction mapping indicates that this domain has an identical genomic organization to the corresponding normal chromosomal region, suggesting a mechanism for the origin of this centromere through the activation of a latent centromere that exists within 10q25.
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Sart, D., Cancilla, M., Earle, E. et al. A functional neo-centromere formed through activation of a latent human centromere and consisting of non-alpha-satellite DNA. Nat Genet 16, 144–153 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0697-144
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