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A mechanism regulating centromere distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana

The biological importance of centromere distribution in the nucleus, which is classified as polarized or dispersed, has been debated. Molecular and cytogenic analyses have revealed that two regulatory processes establish a dispersed distribution and that centromere distribution might be linked to the maintenance of genome integrity.

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Fig. 1: Regulation of centromere distribution by CII and nuclear envelope proteins.

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This is a summary of: Sakamoto, T. et al. Two-step regulation of centromere distribution by condensin II and the nuclear envelope proteins. Nat. Plants https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01200-3 (2022).

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A mechanism regulating centromere distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat. Plants 8, 877–878 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01204-z

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