Esperanto for histones: CENP-A, not CenH3, is the centromeric histone H3 variant
The deposited article is a post-print version and has peer review. This deposit is composed by the main article, and it hasn't any supplementary materials associated. There is no public supplementary material available. ; The first centromeric protein identified in any species was CENP-A, a divergent member of the histone H3 family that was recognised by autoantibodies from patients with scleroderma-spectrum disease. It has recently been suggested to rename this protein CenH3. Here, we argue that the original name should be maintained both because it is the basis of a long established nomenclature for centromere proteins and because it avoids confusion due to the presence of canonical histone H3 at centromeres. ; Wellcome Trust grants: ( 073915, 095021, 077707, 092076); NIH grants: (R01-GM082989, R37 GM32238, GM088313, GM074150, R01GM088371, 5R01GM61169, GM083988, R01GM088716, R37GM024364, R01GM074728, R01 GM063045, R01 GM098500, GM059618, GM69429, GM083988, Core Grant CA06927); Government of Japan- Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers grant: (LS122); EMBO Installation Grant; ERC grants: (241548 [MitoSys], 258068 [Systems Microscopy], 281198, BioSynCen, KINSIGN, PRECISE); Cancer Research UK; NIH/NIGMS grant: (R01-50412, R01-50412); Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology; McCasland Foundation; Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT); FCT grants: (BIA-BCM/100557/2008, BIAPRO/100537/2008, PTDC/SAU-GMG/099704/2008, PTDC/SAU-ONC/112917/2009, COMPETE-FEDER, ON2); Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research grants: (NWO-Vici-016.130.661, NWO-Vici-91812610); Dutch Cancer Society grants: (UU2009-4311, UU2011-5134); Spanish Ministry of Economy grants: (CSD2007-015, SAF2010-25157); EU grant: (Marie Curie ITN "Nucleosome 4D"); BBSRC grant: (BB/I021353/1, BB/H013024); Kazusa DNA Research Institute Foundation; CCSRI grant: (700824), NSF grant: (award number 1024973); Swiss National Foundation; University of Geneva; Foundation Louis-Jeantet; March of Dimes grant: (6-FY10-294); Science Foundation Ireland grant: (12/IA/1370); Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion