OntologiesgoclassesGO:0000776   
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kinetochore
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000776

A multisubunit complex that is located at the centromeric region of DNA and provides an attachment point for the spindle microtubules.

Note that the kinetochore overlaps the centromeric DNA, but centromeric DNA is not part of the kinetochore.

Also appears incmpofypogexoccoreto + 2
Exact Synonyms
condensed chromosome kinetochore
condensed nuclear chromosome kinetochore
Narrow Synonyms
NMS complex