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Revision as of 16:45, 15 July 2008


Chan Lab

Department of Plant Biology at UC Davis




All organisms must pass an intact genome onto their progeny, so we are interested how chromosomes are faithfully inherited when cells divide. The centromere is the position on a chromosome where it attaches to the mitotic spindle, facilitating correct segregation. We study chromosome properties that specify centromere location and function.

We have two major areas of study

1. The centromere-specific histone CENH3
2. Centromeric heterochromatin


More description to be posted soon.
Meanwhile, here is a beautiful chromosome spread (metaphase II) photographed by Ravi

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