centromere

n.

着丝粒着丝点；

1. The duplicates are attached to each other at a constricted region called the centromere.
   对偶体彼此相连于称为着丝粒的缩小的区域。
2. The centromere contains the kinetochore, a structure involved in the attachment of the chromosomes to the spindle during nuclear division.
   着丝点上包含了着丝粒，着丝粒确保细胞在分裂中染色体与纺锤体的整合，发生有序的染色体分离。

Centromere DNA, proteins and kinetochore assembly in vertebrate cells
The centromere paradox: stable inheritance with rapidly evolving DNA.
Autoantibody to centromere (kinetochore) in scleroderma sera.
Small RNAs correspond to centromere heterochromatic repeats.
Aurora B Regulates MCAK at the Mitotic Centromere
Isolation of a yeast centromere and construction of functional small circular chromosomes.
Identification of a family of human centromere proteins using autoimmune sera from patients with scleroderma
Early Disruption of Centromeric Chromatin Organization in Centromere Protein a (Cenpa) Null Mice
A Saccharomyces cerevisiae genomic plasmid bank based on a centromere-containing shuttle vector.
Functional mammalian homologues of the Drosophila PEV-modifier Su(var)3-9 encode centromere-associated proteins which complex with...