Replication origins in eukaroytes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-207

  Donovan, Shane ^a   Diffley, John F X ^a  

^a ICRF Clare Hall Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; XENOPUS; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0029877346     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80051-7     Document Type: Article

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