Centromere identity from the DNA point of view

Chromosoma

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 313-325

  Plohl, Miroslav ^a   Meštrović, Nevenka ^a   Mravinac, Brankica ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Centromere; Satellite DNA; Transcription; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H3; REPETITIVE DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOLOCENTRIC CENTROMERE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CENTROMERE; DNA; HUMANS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84904730805     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0462-0     Document Type: Review

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