Prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosomes: What's the difference?

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 481-486

  Bendich, Arnold J ^a   Drlica, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MITOSIS; NUCLEOSOME; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MITOSIS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034064386     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(200005)22:5<481::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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