title: CENP-A targeting moves a step back.
abstract: In a recent issue of Molecular Cell, Pidoux et al. (2009) and Williams et al. (2009) identify S. pombe Scm3 as the proximate factor in the Cnp1/CENP-A deposition pathway, providing a direct connection to centromere-localized Mis16-Mis18.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. richard.baker@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D001324:Autoantigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002503:Centromere / Q000378:metabolism; D000076247:Centromere Protein A; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D021381:Protein Transport; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000378:metabolism; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D000076247:Centromere Protein A; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins