Co-localization of centromere activity, proteins and topoisomerase II within a subdomain of the major human X α-satellite array

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 5269-5280

  Spence, Jennifer M ^a   Critcher, Ricky ^a   Ebersole, Thomas A ^a   Valdivia, Manuel M ^a   Earnshaw, William C ^a   Fukagawa, Tatsuo ^a   Farr, Christine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centromere; DT40; DXZ1; Topoisomerase II ; satellite

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PROTEIN; PROTEIN P 150; PROTEIN P50; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II, EUKARYOTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036790633     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf511     Document Type: Article

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