Super-resolution microscopy image of a mitotic chromosome (white) with the centromeres of each sister chromatid depicted in orange. Each centromere consists of two distinct chromatin subdomains ...

Researchers at Osaka University say they have clarified the structure of the centromeric region in chicken cells using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The team published its study in “The ...

Researchers from the Kops group in collaboration with researchers from the University of Edinburgh, made a surprising new discovery in the structure of the centromere, a structure that is involved in ...

Osaka, Japan – The genetic material inside cells is organized into structures called chromosomes. The centromere is essential for the correct division of the chromosomes via interaction with spindle ...

Scientists at the Stowers Institute of Medical Research have developed an innovative method to count the number of fluorescent molecules in a cluster and then applied the novel approach to settle a ...

Scientists have developed an innovative method to count the number of fluorescent molecules in a cluster and then applied the novel approach to settle a debate rampant among cell biologists —- namely, ...

Scientists have described the formation of the centromere, a key cellular structure in powering and controlling chromosome segregation and accurate cell division. Lars Jansen* has described the ...

A team of scientists, including center researchers, is the first to completely determine the sequence in a multicellular organism of a mysterious but essential part of the chromosome called the ...

The complete assembly of each human chromosome is essential for understanding human biology and evolution. Using complementary long-read sequencing technologies, we complete the first linear assembly ...

The kinetochore is a complex molecular machine that directs chromosome segregation during mitosis. It is one of the most elaborate subcellular protein structures in eukaryotes, comprising more than ...

Some of the most important chapters in fruit flies’ genetic instruction book have finally been decoded. For the first time, researchers have deciphered, or sequenced, the genetic makeup of all of a ...