Human centromeric DNAs

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 291-304

  Lee, C ^a,b   Wevrick, R ^a   Fisher, R B ^b   Ferguson Smith, M A ^b   Lin, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, SATELLITE; HUMANS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030884929     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050508     Document Type: Review

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