Bipartite organization of the centromere (IMAGE)

Hubrecht Institute

Bipartite organization of the centromere

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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 (arrowheads).

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Credit: Carlos Sacristan. Copyright: Hubrecht Institute.

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