Strategies to maintain the stability of the ribosomal RNA gene repeats: Collaboration of recombination, cohesion, and condensation

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Kobayashi, Takehiko ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Condensation; Gene amplification; Genome stability; Noncoding transcription; Recombination; Ribosomal RNA gene

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; CONDENSIN; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2;

CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA GENE; RNA STABILITY; SISTER CHROMATID; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMATIN; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33747156656     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 13417568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.81.155     Document Type: Review

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