DNA repeats in the human genome

Genetica

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 15-36

  Catasti, Paolo ^a   Chen, Xian ^a   Santhana Mariappan, S V ^a   Morton Bradbury, E ^a,b   Gupta, Goutam ^a,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group   (United States)

Author keywords

CpG methylation; DNA repeats; DNA replication; Gene regulation; Genomic stability; Human genome; Unusual structures

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRING; CENTROMERE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN GENOME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPETITIVE DNA; TELOMERE;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0033384088     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003716509180     Document Type: Article

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