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Definition of Kinetochore

1. Noun. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape. "The centromere is difficult to sequence"

Definition of Kinetochore

1. Noun. the protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis ¹

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Definition of Kinetochore

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Kinetochore

1. Multilayered structure, a pair of which develop on the mitotic chromosome, adjacent to the centromere and to which spindle microtubules attach but not at the end normally associated with a microtubule organising centre. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Kinetochore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Whole Life Cycle of Chromosomes and Their Coiling Systems: Transactions, APS by L. R. Cleveland (2008)
"Some notes on the behavior of long chromosomes. Cytologia, Tokyo 6: 622-630. 1936. The kinetochore or ... The structure of the kinetochore at mitosis. ..."

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