Telomere length distribution and Southern blot analysis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-377

  Oexle, Konrad ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL TYPE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032554360     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0559     Document Type: Article

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