The centromere enhancer mediates centromere activation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3305-3314

  Ngan, Vivian K ^a   Clarke, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; EPISTASIS; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031000239     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.6.3305     Document Type: Article

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