Comparative genomics and molecular dynamics of DNA repeats in eukaryotes

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 686-727

  Richard, Guy Franck ^a   Kerrest, Alix ^a   Dujon, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; SATELLITE DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOPHYSICS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VERTEBRATE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; DNA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 54549127139     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00011-08     Document Type: Review

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