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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Gene. 2010 Dec 30;493(2):195–200. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.12.011

Figure 1. The centromeric association of Pol III genes.

Figure 1

A number of Pol III genes such as tRNA and 5S rRNA genes dispersed throughout the fission yeast genome associate with centromeres. Red and blue vertical bars indicate tRNA and 5S rRNA genes, respectively. The thick arrow indicates more frequent localization of Pol III genes at centromeres. The current hypothesis is that Pol III transcription machinery binding to Pol III genes interacts with condensin, which in turn mediates tethering of Pol III genes to centromeres through interaction between condensin complexes.