Terminal long tandem repeats in chromosomes from Chironomus pallidivittatus

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3285-3290

  López, Casimiro C ^a   Nielsen, Lena ^a   Edström, Jan Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

EID: 0029980065     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3285     Document Type: Article

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