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Word: Kinetochore
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1930s: from kineto-‘of movement’ + Greek khōros ‘place’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɪˈniːtə(ʊ)kɔː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kʌɪˈniːtə(ʊ)kɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a complex of proteins associated with the centromere of a chromosome during cell division, to which the microtubules of the spindle attach.
Short Definition:complex of proteins to which microtubules of spindle attach during cell division
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