But because the CenH3 - binding domain has not been determined for
other rice centromeres, the possibility that active genes and frequent retrotransposon insertions are a common feature of grass centromeres can not yet be ruled out.
Although rice centromeres 4 and 8 do not contain massive arrays of CentO,
other rice centromeres do (for example, centromeres 1 and 11 [4]-RRB-, indicating that forces that expand centromeric DNA elements are active in rice.
Not exact matches
This pattern is consistent with the results of the sequencing efforts for
rice centromeres 4 and 8 as well as
other rice [4] and maize [11] BACs that contain centromeric satellite sequence.