Difference between Centromere and Kinetochore

What is the difference between Centromere and Kinetochore?

Centromere as a noun is region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled while Kinetochore as a noun is the protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis

Centromere

Part of speech: noun

Definition: region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled

Kinetochore

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis

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