Mapping of a human centromere onto the DNA by topoisomerase II cleavage

EMBO Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 489-493

  Floridia, Giovanna ^a,d   Zatterale, Adriana ^b   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^c   Tyler Smith, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ospedale Elena d'Aosta   (Italy)

^c Biologia Generale e Genetica Medica   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETOPOSIDE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034574442     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kvd110     Document Type: Article

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