Site-specific insertion of a SINE-like element, Cp1, into centromeric tandem repeats from Chironomus pallidivittatus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 811-820

  Liao, Ching ^a   Rovira, Carlos ^a,b   He, Hong ^a   Edström, Jan Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centromere; Integration site; Palindromic DNA; Pol III; SINEs

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CENTROMERE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TANDEM REPEAT;

CHIRONOMUS PALLIDIVITTATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032584786     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1896     Document Type: Article

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