Centromeric Chromatin and Epigenetic Effects in Kinetochore Assembly

The case for epigenetic effects on centromere identity and function

1997 • 470 citations

A mutation in CSE4, an essential gene encoding a novel chromatin-associated protein in yeast, causes chromosome nondisjunction and cell cycle arrest at mitosis.

1995 • 393 citations

Transient Inhibition of Histone Deacetylation Alters the Structural and Functional Imprint at Fission Yeast Centromeres

1997 • 367 citations

The Centromere: Hub of Chromosomal Activities

1995 • 353 citations

Immunolocalization of CENP-A suggests a distinct nucleosome structure at the inner kinetochore plate of active centromeres

1997 • 336 citations

A functional neo-centromere formed through activation of a latent human centromere and consisting of non-alpha-satellite DNA

1997 • 319 citations

The Chromodomain Protein Swi6: A Key Component at Fission Yeast Centromeres

1995 • 300 citations

Assembly of CENP-A into Centromeric Chromatin Requires a Cooperative Array of Nucleosomal DNA Contact Sites

1997 • 295 citations

Yeast Heterochromatin: Regulation of Its Assembly and Inheritance by Histones

1998 • 286 citations

Molecular Structure of a Functional Drosophila Centromere

1997 • 252 citations

A low copy number central sequence with strict symmetry and unusual chromatin structure in fission yeast centromere.

1992 • 247 citations

Centromere DNA Dynamics: Latent Centromeres and Neocentromere Formation

1997 • 197 citations

Neocentromere activity of structurally acentric mini-chromosomes in Drosophila

1998 • 193 citations

A Recombinationally Repressed Region Between mat2 and mat3 Loci Shares Homology to Centromeric Repeats and Regulates Directionality of Mating-Type Switching in Fission Yeast

1997 • 177 citations

The centromeric K-type repeat and the central core are together sufficient to establish a functional Schizosaccharomyces pombe centromere.

1994 • 143 citations

Regulating the Yeast Kinetochore by Ubiquitin-Dependent Degradation and Skp1p-Mediated Phosphorylation

1997 • 141 citations

A novel epigenetic effect can alter centromere function in fission yeast

1994 • 138 citations

Centromeres Take Flight: Alpha Satellite and the Quest for the Human Centromere

1998 • 135 citations

Chromatin conformation of yeast centromeres.

1984 • 96 citations

Probing the Architecture of a Simple Kinetochore Using DNA–Protein Crosslinking

1997 • 77 citations

α2p controls donor preference during mating type interconversion in yeast by inactivating a recombinational enhancer of chromosome III

1997 • 52 citations

Speciation, Chromosomes, and Genomes: Figure 1.

1998 • 50 citations