Nucleotide specificity at the boundary and size requirement of the target sites recognized by human centromere protein B (CENP-B) in vitro

Chromosome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-140

  Sugimoto, Kenji ^a,b   Shibata, Akiko ^a,b   Himeno, Michio ^a,b  

^a Department of Applied Biochemistry

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affinity precipitation; CENP B; Centromere; Tigger

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0031913022     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009291030054     Document Type: Article

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