Press release - 13/07/2011 Kinetochores prefer the “silent” DNA sections of the chromosome The centromere is a specialized region of the chromosome, on which a protein complex known as the kinetochore is assembled. During cell division, the kinetochore provides a point of attachment for molecules of the cytoskeleton, thereby mediating the segregation of chromosomes to the two opposing cell poles. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and BIOSS in Freiburg have investigated the factors that play an…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/kinetochores-prefer-the-silent-dna-sections-of-the-chromosome