Building the centromere: From foundation proteins to 3D organization

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 359-368

  Amor, David J ^a   Kalitsis, Paul ^a   Sumer, Huseyin ^a   Choo, K H Andy ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EUKARYOTE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; YEASTS; ZEA MAYS;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042794631     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2004.05.009     Document Type: Review

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