Toxoplasma gondii sequesters centromeres to a specific nuclear region throughout the cell cycle.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on February 14, 2011

Authors

Carrie F Brooks1, Maria E Francia, Mathieu Gissot, Matthew M Croken, Kami Kim, Boris Striepen

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.

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