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Scheme of the putative contribution of 359-bp satellite RNAs to CENP-A and CENP-C deposition at the centromeres of Drosophila melanogaster. The stable association of CENP-C and CENP-A with the centromere ensured by the presence of satellite transcripts leads to the formation of a functional kinetochore and subsequent accurate segregation of chromosomes in mitosis.
