Chromosome dynamics: Fuzzy sequences, specific attachments?

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 544-547

  Swedlow, Jason R ^a   Hirano, Tatsuya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME; FUZZY LOGIC; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CHROMOSOMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 0030133895     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00538-9     Document Type: Article

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