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. 1991 Mar 25;19(6):1179–1182. doi: 10.1093/nar/19.6.1179

A survey of the genomic distribution of alpha satellite DNA on all the human chromosomes, and derivation of a new consensus sequence.

K H Choo 1, B Vissel 1, A Nagy 1, E Earle 1, P Kalitsis 1
PMCID: PMC333840  PMID: 2030938

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