Isochore structures in the mouse genome

Genomics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 384-394

  Zhang, Chun Ting ^a   Zhang, Ren ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF CANCER PREVENTION AND THERAPY   (China)

Author keywords

Compositional homogeneity; Genome organization; MHC sequence; Mouse genome; Windowless technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; ISOCHORE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

EID: 1242338884     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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