Centromere round-up at the heterochromatin corral

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 89-92

  Sullivan, Beth A ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; MUTAGENS; PROTEINS;

CENTROMERE STRUCTURE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; DNA; HISTONE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; EPISTASIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SISTER CHROMATID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036498907     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(02)01902-9     Document Type: Review

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