Sequence comparison of human and yeast telomeres identifies structurally distinct subtelomeric domains

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1305-1313

  Flint, J ^a   Bates, G P ^b   Clark, K ^a   Dorman, A ^c   Willingham, D ^c   Roe, B A ^c   Micklem, G ^d   Higgs, D R ^a   Louis, E J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 4P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE; YEAST CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030762352     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.8.1305     Document Type: Article

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