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Meaning of "centromeric" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CENTROMERIC

ˌsɛntrəˈmɛrɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CENTROMERIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Centromeric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CENTROMERIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Centromere

The centromere is the part of a chromosome that links sister chromatids. During mitosis, spindle fibers attach to the centromere via the kinetochore. Centromeres were first defined as genetic loci that direct the behavior of chromosomes. Their physical role is to act as the site of assembly of the kinetochore - a highly complex multiprotein structure that is responsible for the actual events of chromosome segregation - e.g. binding microtubules and signalling to the cell cycle machinery when all chromosomes have adopted correct attachments to the spindle, so that it is safe for cell division to proceed to completion. There are broadly speaking two types of centromeres. "Point centromeres" bind to specific proteins that recognise particular DNA sequences with high efficiency. Any piece of DNA with the point centromere DNA sequence on it will typically form a centromere if present in the appropriate species. The best characterised point centromeres are those of the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Definition of centromeric in the English dictionary

The definition of centromeric in the dictionary is pertaining to or involving a centromere.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CENTROMERIC

allomeric · alphameric · alphanumeric · chimeric · chromomeric · diastereomeric · dimeric · elastomeric · homeomeric · Homeric · homopolymeric · isomeric · mesmeric · metameric · monomeric · polymeric · poromeric · stereoisomeric · tetrameric · trimeric

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CENTROMERIC

centring · centriole · centripetal · centripetal force · centripetalism · centripetally · centrism · centrist · centrobaric · centroclinal · centrode · centroid · centroidal · centrolecithal · centromere · centrosome · centrosomic · centrosphere · centrosymmetric · centrum

WORDS THAT END LIKE CENTROMERIC

anisomeric · antimeric · arthromeric · atmospheric · cleric · copolymeric · ectomeric · electromeric · enantiomeric · epimeric · eric · esoteric · generic · hexaemeric · hexahemeric · homoeomeric · numeric · oligomeric · tautomeric · turmeric

Synonyms and antonyms of centromeric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «centromeric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CENTROMERIC

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The translations of centromeric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «centromeric» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

着丝粒
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

centromérica
570 millions of speakers
en

English

centromeric
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

centromeric
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القسيم المركزي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

центромерная
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

centromeric
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

centromeric
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

centromérique
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Centromeric
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Zentromer-
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

セントロメアの
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

중심 소체
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Centromeric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tâm động
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

centromeric
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सेंट्रोमेरिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sentromerık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

centromeric
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

centromerowy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

центромерная
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

centromeric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κεντρομερική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

centromeric
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

centro
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

centromeric
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of centromeric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTROMERIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about centromeric

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CENTROMERIC»

Discover the use of centromeric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to centromeric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Organization, Function and Evolution of Centromeric Repeats ...
Rice centromeres are comprised of centromeric retrotransposons, named CRR, and a 155-bp satellite repeats, called CentO.
Hye-Ran Lee, 2008
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Composition and Formation of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ...
centromeric nucleosome precludes antibody accessibility to the histone epitopes for ChIP, some of which are buried within the core of the nucleosome. Another compelling result is that Cse4 can rescue a complete deletion of SCM3. Based on ...
Raymond Anthony Camahort, 2008
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Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems
Surprisingly, centromeric satellite sequences are more divergent between species than are peri— centric satellites (Rudd et al. 2006). The functional centromeric sequences are thus the most rapidly evolving between species, despite being ...
Rama S. Singh, Jianping Xu, Rob J. Kulathinal, 2012
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Centromere: Structure and Evolution
Numerous examples illustrate the involvement and possible importance of longer RNAs for the formation of centromeric chromatin and for centromere function. RNA encoded by centromeric satellite DNA and retrotransposons, ranging in size  ...
Durdica Ugarkovic, 2009
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Plant Centromere Biology
1 Summary of centromeric satellite and retrotransposon sequences Chromosomal localization in species of the genus Beta Average Beta Corollinae Nanae Procumbentes Analyzed identity Repeat Type Origin Size (bp) copies (%) B. vulgaris ...
Jiming Jiang, James A. Birchler, 2013
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Characterization of the Budding Yeast Centromeric Histone H3 ...
To investigate whether Cse4 functions in kinetochore assembly, I used a conditional centromere assay with a Degron-Cse4 protein.
Kimberly A. Collins, 2006
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Self-Perpetuating Structural States in Biology, Disease, and ...
A model for the centromeric constriction has suggested that loops of DNA coil through the constriction, with centromeric nucleosomes lying in the outward parts of these coils, and conventional nucleosomes in the interior portions (21, 27, 28).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003
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The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control
Among the eukaryotes studied so far, only chromosomes in budding yeast contain a well defined centromeric DNA sequence, of about 125 bp, that provides all the information needed for chromosome transmission in mitosis (see section 6 -5).
David Morgan, 2007
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Long Non-Coding RNAs
In humans, centromeric regions are acro-(chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21 and 22), meta-, or submetracentric. Centromeres are composed of diverged alphoid AT- rich 171-bp motives repeated in head-to-tail fashion, to form a higher-order unit that ...
Durdica Ugarkovic, 2011
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The Kinetochore:: From Molecular Discoveries to Cancer Therapy
Specific centromeric DNA sequences have the capacity to direct centromere assembly more efficiently than DNA from any other part of the genome. This was first shown by the demonstration that naked yeast centromeric DNA drives de novo ...
Peter De Wulf, William Earnshaw, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CENTROMERIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term centromeric is used in the context of the following news items.
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Evaluation of host genetics on outcome of tuberculosis infection due …
Mtb infected individuals were more likely to have a centromeric-AA haplotype compared to controls. Conclusion: The differences in KIR gene ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
2
Molecular biology Enter the diatom
The plasmid contains a centromeric fragment from yeast that allows it to segregate into daughter cells with near-perfect efficiency. The authors ... «Nature.com, May 15»
3
Chromosomal Instability Associated with Improved Outcomes in …
For this study, researchers analyzed 1,173 tumors form the breast cancer TACT trial by performing dual centromeric fluorescence in situ ... «Cancer Therapy Advisor, May 15»
4
A genetic basis for human centromeres
To enrich for presumably functional centromeric sequences, the authors performed chromatin immunoprecipitation and high-throughput ... «Fred Hutch News Service, May 15»
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CGGBP1 mitigates cytosine methylation at repetitive DNA sequences
Unlike the gene-rich regions, the repetitive DNA e.g. peri-centromeric, sub-telomeric and satellite repeats as well as interspersed repeats, ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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Wash: not just for the cytoplasm anymore
Consistent with expectations, wash mutants enhanced centromeric and heterochromatic PEV. "What's really interesting, and the next step, ... «Fred Hutch News Service, Apr 15»
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(Epi)genotype–phenotype correlations in Beckwith–Wiedemann …
... of tumors, especially Wilms' tumor, whereas patients with defects of the centromeric domain (IC2-LoM/CDKN1C variant) have a lower risk. «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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Clinical relevance of 8q23, 15q13 and 18q21 SNP genotyping to …
... which is 140 kb centromeric to EIF3H encoding the subunit H of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3; in vitro EIF3H overexpression has ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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Incomplete meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in the domestic dog
We performed a similar analysis for H3K9me3, and observed a general enrichment of this modification in the centromeric regions of all ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
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Hey, "These Sequences May Not Be Junk, After All"! Nature and …
RNA-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that 1.688 satRNAs specifically binds to CENP-C, a centromeric protein that together with ... «Discovery Institute, Mar 15»
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