A distal heterochromatic block displays centromeric activity when detached from a natural centromere

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 995-1004

  Platero, J Suso ^a   Ahmad, Kami ^a   Henikoff, Steven ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; FLY; HETEROCHROMATIN; LARVA; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0033388103     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80228-2     Document Type: Article

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