A unification of mosaic structures in the human genome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2411-2415

  Lercher, Martin J ^a   Urrutia, Araxi O ^a   Pavlíček, Adam ^b   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GIEMSA STAIN; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; ISOCHORE; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AZURE STAINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; ISOCHORES; LINEAR MODELS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0141506898     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg251     Document Type: Article

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