Clusters of replicons that fire simultaneously may be organized into superloops

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1059-1065

  Kunnev, Dimiter ^a   Tsvetkov, Lyuben ^a   Anachkova, Boyka ^a   Russev, George ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NOVOBIOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CROSS LINKING; DNA SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

EID: 0031404736     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.1059     Document Type: Article

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