The role of alphoid higher order repeats (HORs) in the centromere folding

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-560

  Rosandić, Marija ^a   Glunčić, Matko ^b   Paar, Vladimir ^b   Basar, Ivan ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alpha satellite; DNA folding; DNA based encryption key; Higher order repeat; Human centromere

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMINID;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER MODEL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 51549097920     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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