Conservation and divergence of centromere specification in yeast

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 616-622

  Ishii, Kojiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; FUNGAL DNA;

CENTROMERE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; YEAST;

AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 71549138345     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.09.007     Document Type: Review

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