Chromomeres revisited

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 911-924

  Macgregor, Herbert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Chromomeres; Lampbrush chromosome; Transcription

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CENTROMERE; CHROMATID; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOMERE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELASMOBRANCH; FEULGEN STAINING; GAMETOCYTE; GERMINAL VESICLE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PACHYTENE; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SISTER CHROMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; METAPHASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84877584200     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-012-9310-3     Document Type: Article

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