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Site-specific base deletions in human α-satellite monomer DNAs are associated with regularly distributed CENP-B boxes

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    Kinya Yoda

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    Tuneko Okazaki

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Yoda, K., Okazaki, T. Site-specific base deletions in human α-satellite monomer DNAs are associated with regularly distributed CENP-B boxes. Chromosome Res 5, 207–211 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018407316908

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