title: Functional selection for the centromere DNA from yeast chromosome VIII.
abstract: Centromeres are essential components of eucaryotic chromosomes. In budding yeast, up to now, 15 of the 16 centromere DNAs have been isolated. Here we report the functional isolation and characterization of CEN8, the last of the yeast centromeres missing. The centromere consensus sequence for the 16 chromosomes in this organism is presented.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fleig
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beinhauer
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hegemann
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002503:Centromere / Q000235:genetics*; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal