Sequence information encoded in DNA that may influence long-range chromatin structure correlates with human chromosome functions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Takasuka, Taichi E ^a   Cioffi, Alfred ^a,b   Stein, Arnold ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Catholic Bioethics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; HUMAN GENOME; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 50249093949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002643     Document Type: Article

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