Active mammalian replication origins are associated with a high-density cluster of (m)CpG dinucleotides

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 416-426

  Rein, Theo ^a,b   Zorbas, Haralabos ^b   DePamphilis, Melvin L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031024587     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.1.416     Document Type: Article

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