Centromeres of the human chromosomes

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 182-191

  Sullivan, Beth A ^a   Schwartz, Stuart ^a   Willard, Huntington F ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; Chromosome movement; Chromosomes; Kinetochore

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA, SATELLITE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MAMMALS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029817504     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1996)28:3<182::AID-EM4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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