The evolutionary life cycle of the resilient centromere

Chromosoma

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-340

  Kalitsis, Paul ^a,b   Choo, K H Andy ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CENTROMERE PROTEIN C; DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DEATH; CELL EXPANSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA TRANSFECTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CENTROMERE; HISTONES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84864871557     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-012-0369-6     Document Type: Review

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