Topoisomerase II cleavage activity within the human D11Z1 and DXZ1 alpha-satellite arrays

Chromosome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 637-648

  Spence, Jennifer M ^a   Fournier, R E Keith ^b   Oshimura, Mitsuo ^c   Regnier, Vinciane ^d   Farr, Christine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Centromere; DT40; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, SATELLITE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; HYDROLYSIS; METAPHASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25444510063     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-005-1003-8     Document Type: Article

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