kinetochore
a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape - the centromere is difficult to sequence • Syn: centromere • Derivationally related forms: centromeric (for: centromere) • Hypernyms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure • Part Holonyms: chromosome
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