Modification of subtelomeric DNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4571-4580

  Steinert, Susanne ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 2942617298     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4571-4580.2004     Document Type: Article

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