CENP-B (Centromere protein B) is a protein associated with centromeric DNA and crucial to the formation of the special chromatin structure on the α-satellite DNA repeats of the human centromere. CENP-B specifically binds a 17 bp sequence which may function as a cis-element for centromere-specific nucleosome assembly. CENP-B plays a role in the organization of centromere satellite DNA into a higher order structure, directing centromere formation and kinetochore assembly in mammalian chromosomes.
CENP-B (Centromere protein B) is a protein associated with centromeric DNA and crucial to the formation of the special chromatin structure on the α-satellite DNA repeats of the human centromere. CENP-B specifically binds a 17 bp sequence which may function as a cis-element for centromere-specific nucleosome assembly. CENP-B plays a role in the organization of centromere satellite DNA into a higher order structure, directing centromere formation and kinetochore assembly in mammalian chromosomes.
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