Structural rearrangements and insertions of dispersed elements in pericentromeric alpha satellites occur preferably at kinkable DNA sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-48

  Mashkova, Tamara D ^a   Oparina, Nina Yu ^a   Lacroix, Marie Hélène ^a   Fedorova, Lyudmila I ^a   G Tumeneva, Irina ^b   Zinovieva, Olga L ^a   Kisselev, Lev L ^a  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dispersed elements; DNA rearrangements; Kinkable DNA sites; Pericentromeric alphoid DNA; Unequal cross over

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; DINUCLEOTIDE; MONOMER; PROTEIN; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; SATELLITE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 21; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035808351     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4270     Document Type: Article

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