CENPA a genomic marker for centromere activity and human diseases

Current Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 326-335

  Valdivia, Manuel M ^a   Hamdouch, Khaoula ^a   Ortiz, Manuela ^a   Astola, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alphoid DNA; Aneuploidy; Autoantigen; Cancer; CENPA; Centromere; Epigenetic; Histone H3 like variant; Kinetochore; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

AURORA C KINASE; CELL PROTEIN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; DOXORUBICIN; HISTONE H3; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; PROTEIN KNL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 68949216520     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920209788920985     Document Type: Review

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