Esperanto for histones: CENP-A, not CenH3, is the centromeric histone H3 variant

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Earnshaw, WC (Author) Other; Allshire, RC (Author) Other; Black, BE (Author) Other; Bloom, K (Author) Other; Brinkley, BR (Author) Other; Brown, W (Author) Other; Cheeseman, IM (Author) Other; Choo, KHA (Author) Other; Copenhaver, GP (Author) Other; DeLuca, JG (Author) Other; Desai, A (Author) Other; Diekmann, S (Author) Other; Erhardt, S (Author) Other; Fitzgerald Hayes, M (Author) Other; Foltz, D (Author) Other; Fukagawa, T (Author) Other; Gassmann, R (Author) Other; Gerlich, DW (Author) Other; Glover, DM (Author) Other; Gorbsky, GJ (Author) Other; Harrison, SC (Author) Other; Heun, P (Author) Other; Hirota, T (Author) Other; Jansen, LET (Author) Other; Karpen, G (Author) Other; Kops, GJPL (Author) Other; Lampson, MA (Author) Other; Lens, SM (Author) Other; Losada, A (Author) Other; Luger, K (Author) Other; Helder Maiato (Author) FMUP; Maddox, PS (Author) Other; Margolis, RL (Author) Other; Masumoto, H (Author) Other; McAinsh, AD (Author) Other; Mellone, BG (Author) Other; Meraldi, P (Author) Other; Musacchio, A (Author) Other; Oegema, K (Author) Other; O'Neill, RJ (Author) Other; Salmon, ED (Author) Other; Scott, KC (Author) Other; Straight, AF (Author) Other; Stukenberg, PT (Author) Other; Sullivan, BA (Author) Other; Sullivan, KF (Author) Other; Sunkel, CE (Author) ICBAS; Swedlow, JR (Author) Other; Walczak, CE (Author) Other; Warburton, PE (Author) Other; Westermann, S (Author) Other; Willard, HF (Author) Other; Wordeman, L (Author) Other; Yanagida, M (Author) Other; Yen, TJ (Author) Other; Yoda, K (Author) Other; Cleveland, DW (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Chromosome Research

Vol. 21

Pages: 101-106

ISSN: 0967-3849

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-005-20F

DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9347-y

Abstract (EN): The first centromeric protein identified in any species was CENP-A, a divergent member of the histone H3 family that was recognised by autoantibodies from patients with scleroderma-spectrum disease. It has recently been suggested to rename this protein CenH3. Here, we argue that the original name should be maintained both because it is the basis of a long established nomenclature for centromere proteins and because it avoids confusion due to the presence of canonical histone H3 at centromeres.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6