Molecular underpinnings of centromere identity and maintenance

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 220-229

  Sekulic, Nikolina ^a   Black, Ben E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTEIN VARIANT;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; TERNARY COMPLEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861933825     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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