"Centromere Protein B" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A DNA-binding protein that interacts with a 17-base pair sequence known as the CENP-B box motif. The protein is localized constitutively to the CENTROMERE and plays an important role in its maintenance.
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D051936
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D12.776.157.687.188 D12.776.260.125 D12.776.660.235.199 D12.776.660.720.188 D12.776.664.235.199 D23.050.422.061
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Centromere Protein B" by people in Profiles.
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Intestinal stem cell overproliferation resulting from inactivation of the APC tumor suppressor requires the transcription cofactors Earthbound and Erect wing. PLoS Genet. 2017 Jul; 13(7):e1006870.
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Centromere protein-A, an essential centromere protein, is a prognostic marker for relapse in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 May 04; 14(3):R72.
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Specification of kinetochore-forming chromatin by the histone H3 variant CENP-A. J Cell Sci. 2001 Oct; 114(Pt 19):3529-42.
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The cenpB gene is not essential in mice. Chromosoma. 1998 Dec; 107(8):570-6.
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The pogo transposable element family of Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Gen Genet. 1992 Mar; 232(1):126-34.