Repetitive DNA is associated with centromeric domains in Trypanosoma brucei but not Trypanosoma cruzi

Genome Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Obado, Samson O ^a   Bot, Christopher ^a   Nilsson, Daniel ^b   Andersson, Bjorn ^b   Kelly, John M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ETOPOSIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RETROPOSON; SYNTENY; TELOMERE; TRANSPOSON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34250179515     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-3-r37     Document Type: Article

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