Spatiotemporal regulation of DNA replication in the human genome and its association with genomic instability and disease

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-233

  Watanabe, Yoshihisa ^a   Maekawa, Masato ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomal bands; DNA replication timing; Genomic instability; Human disease; Human genome; Non B DNA structure

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BAND; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; REVIEW;

DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77149156025     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986710790149756     Document Type: Review

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