Variable and hierarchical size distribution of L1-retroelement-enriched CENP-A clusters within a functional human neocentromere

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Chueh, Anderly C ^a   Wong, Lee H ^a   Wong, Nicholas ^a   Choo, K H Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; DNA; HISTONE H3; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SATELLITE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MAMMAL; MARKER CHROMOSOME; MICROTUBULE; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CHO CELLS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CRICETINAE; DNA, SATELLITE; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOSOMES; RETROELEMENTS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 12344299286     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi008     Document Type: Article

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