A solid foundation: Functional specialization of centromeric chromatin

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 182-188

  Sullivan, K F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; HISTONE H3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; GEOMETRY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0035313875     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00177-5     Document Type: Review

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