English Dictionary

centromere

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/

名詞

(genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

日本語の意味

真核生物の染色体において、動原体が組み立てられる中心部の領域。

During mitosis, proteins at the centromere coordinate chromosome movement by attaching to spindle microtubules.

有糸分裂の間、真核生物の染色体の中心領域（キネトコアが組み立てられる場所）にあるタンパク質は、紡錘糸に結合して染色体の移動を調整する。

意味（1）

(genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

The aberrant bivalents with single terminal chiasmata are specially liable to this failure of orientation, presumably because their centromeres lie exceptionally far apart, as is the case in similar circumstances in a Lilium hybrid with reduced chiasma-frequency.

centromeres （ plural ）