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The biological importance of centromere distribution in the nucleus, which is classified as polarized or dispersed, has been debated. Molecular and cytogenic analyses have revealed that two regulatory processes establish a dispersed distribution and that centromere distribution might be linked to the maintenance of genome integrity.

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Ono, T. et al. Differential contributions of condensin I and condensin II to mitotic chromosome architecture in vertebrate cells. Cell 115, 109–121 (2003). This paper reports the function of condensin II in chromosome condensation.

Hoencamp, C. et al. 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type. Science 372, 984–989 (2021). This paper reports the function of condensin II in determining 3D chromatin architecture.

Sakamoto, Y. et al. Subnuclear gene positioning through lamina association affects copper tolerance. Nat. Commun. 11, 5914 (2020). This paper reports the subnuclear localization of a plant lamina protein, CROWDED NUCLEI, and its function in gene positioning.

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This is a summary of: Sakamoto, T. et al. Two-step regulation of centromere distribution by condensin II and the nuclear envelope proteins. Nat. Plants https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01200-3 (2022).

A mechanism regulating centromere distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat. Plants (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01204-z

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01204-z

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