Evidence of a differential organization of chromatin containing terminal or interstitial (TTAGGG)(n) repeats by in situ digestion with nucleases

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 195-198

  Fernandez J L ^a   Goyanes, V J ^b   Ramiro Diaz J ^c   Gosalvez J ^c  

^a Centro Oncologico de Galicia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; EXONUCLEASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHINESE HAMSTER; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIN; CRICETINAE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0032427522     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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