Gene structure and sequence analysis of mouse centromere proteins A and C

Genomics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-114

  Kalitsis, Paul ^a   MacDonald, Andrew C ^a   Newson, Ainsley J ^a   Hudson, Damien F ^a   Choo, K H Andy ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENPA; CENPC; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031890730     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5109     Document Type: Article

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