Identification of overlapping DNA-binding and centromere-targeting domains in the human kinetochore protein CENP-C

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3576-3586

  Yang, Charles H ^a,c   Tomkiel, John ^a,d   Saitoh, Hisato ^a,e   Johnson, Daniel H ^b,f   Earnshaw, William C ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA BINDING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029927081     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3576     Document Type: Article

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