Precise switching of DNA replication timing in the GC content transition area in the human major histocompatibility complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 4043-4050

  Tenzen, Toyoaki ^a,f   Yamagata, Tetsushi ^a   Fukagawa, Tatsuo ^a,d   Sugaya, Kimihiko ^a,e   Ando, Asako ^b   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^b   Gojobori, Takashi ^a   Fujiyama, Asao ^a   Okumura, Katsuzumi ^c   Ikemura, Toshimichi ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHROMOSOME BAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SWITCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030917145     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.4043     Document Type: Article

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