The role of CENP-B and α-satellite DNA: De novo assembly and epigenetic maintenance of human centromeres

Chromosome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 543-556

  Masumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Nakano, Megumi ^a   Ohzeki, Jun Ichirou ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphoid DNA; CENP A; CENP B; Centromere; Epigenetics; Human artificial chromosome

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; SATELLITE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIGEN; CENPB PROTEIN, HUMAN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, HUMAN; DNA, SATELLITE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS;

EID: 16644389418     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000036593.72788.99     Document Type: Article

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