Analysing the contribution of nucleic acids to the structure and properties of centric heterochromatin

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 117-125

  Cortés, Alfred ^a,c   Huertas, Dori ^a   Marsellach, Francesc X ^a   Ferrer Miralles, Neus ^a,d   Ortiz Lombardía, Miguel ^a,e   Fanti, Laura ^b   Pimpinelli, Sergio ^b   Piña, Benjami ^a   Azorín, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Centromeric heterochromatin; DDP1; DNA structure; Dodeca satellite; Multi KH domain proteins; Satellite DNA; Scp160p; Vigilins

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DP1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SATELLITE DNA; TIMM8A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA, SATELLITE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0041350476     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022947921402     Document Type: Article

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