Replication origins in yeast versus metazoa: Separation of the haves and the have nots

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-199

  M Gilbert, David ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; MAMMAL CELL; METAZOON; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS; YEAST;

EID: 0032055385     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80141-X     Document Type: Article

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