- Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 72
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Guillermo LÓPEZ COSTA, María Eugenia HERRERAS
- Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
- Term: centromere
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Chromosomal locus that regulates the proper pairing and segregation of the chromosomes during cell division.
- Context: Scientists now appreciate that the centromere is a region of specialized chromatin found within each constricted chromosome that provides the foundation for kinetochore assembly and serves as a site for sister chromatid attachment [...].
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: sin, morgan. Source: http://www.larousse.fr/archives/rechercher?q=centimorgan&base=medical.
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: UGARKOVIC, D. (2009) "Centromere. Structure and Evolution". Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol. 48. Recuperado el 24 de abril de 2013 de : http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/cell+biology/book/978-3-642-00181-9
- Context: O'CONNOR, C. (2008) Chromosome segregation in mitosis: The role of centromeres. Nature Education 1(1). Recuperado el 24 de abril de 2013 de: http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/chromosome-segregation-in-mitosis-the-role-of-242
- Images:
http://www.beltina.org/health-dictionary/centromere-function-definition.html
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