Molecular structure of a functional Drosophila centromere

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1007-1019

  Sun, Xiaoping ^a   Wahlstrom, Janice ^a   Karpen, Gary ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031443670     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80491-2     Document Type: Article

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