Immunolocalization of CENP-A suggests a distinct nucleosome structure at the inner kinetochore plate of active centromeres

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 901-904

  Warburton, Peter E ^a   Cooke, Carol A ^a   Bourassa, Sylvie ^b   Vafa, Omid ^c   Sullivan, Beth A ^d   Stetten, Gail ^e   Gimelli, Giorgio ^f   Warburton, Dorothy ^g   Tyler Smith, Chris ^h   Sullivan, Kevin F ^c   Poirier, Guy G ^b   Earnshaw, William C ^a  

^a Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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MAMMALIA;

EID: 12644270188     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00382-4     Document Type: Article

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