The telomere-associated DNA from human chromosome 20p contains a pseudotelomere structure and shares sequences with the subtelomeric regions of 4q and 18p

Genomics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-60

  Chute, Ian ^a   Le, Yunzheng ^a,b   Ashley, Terry ^c   Dobson, Melanie J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031573380     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5007     Document Type: Article

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