The organization and function of chromosomes. Workshop on Chromosome Structural Elements: From DNA Sequence to function

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-376

  Baird, Duncan M ^a   Farr, Christine J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centromere; Chromatin; Evolution; Nuclear organization; Origin of replication; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE; WORKSHOP;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 33645531791     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400661     Document Type: Review

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