Characterization of an alphoid subfamily located near p-arm sequences on human chromosome 22

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Eisenbarth, I ^a   Konig Greger D ^a   Wohr G ^a   Kehrer Sawatzki, H ^a   Assum, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha satellite; Centromere; Chromosome 22; Heterochromatin; Repeated DNA

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 22P; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DNA PROBES; DNA, SATELLITE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0032991965     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009279412797     Document Type: Article

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