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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Cell Biol. 2013 Jul 21;15(9):1056–1066. doi: 10.1038/ncb2805

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Model for centromeric identity, maintenance and function through a two-step mechanism. In the first step centromere identity is achieved by the CATD-containing chromatin through its loading mediated by HJURP at the mitotic exit. Subsequently, new and old CENP-A can nucleate kinetochore assembly on the CATD chromatin through the action of the CENP-A’s amino tail that stabilize CENP-B and by the direct recruitment of CENP-C by the carboxy tail of CENP-A.