Associations to the word «Kinetochore»

Wiktionary

KINETOCHORE, noun. The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis

Dictionary definition

KINETOCHORE, noun. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence".

Wise words

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