The chromosomal distribution of CpG islands in the mouse: Evidence for genome scrambling in the rodent lineage

Genomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 454-461

  Cross, Sally H ^a   Lee, Muriel ^b   Clark, Victoria H ^a   Craig, Jeff M ^b,c   Bird, Adrian P ^a   Bickmore, Wendy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031569366     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.4598     Document Type: Article

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