Length of alpha-satellite

Range ~171 bp
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Rudd MK, Wray GA, Willard HF. The evolutionary dynamics of alpha-satellite. Genome Res. 2006 Jan16(1):88-96 p.88 left column top paragraphPubMed ID16344556
Primary Source Manuelidis L, Wu JC. Homology between human and simian repeated DNA. Nature. 1978 Nov 2 276(5683):92-4. AND Willard, H.F. and Waye, J.S. 1987b. Hierarchical order in chromosome-specific human  satellite DNA. Trends Genet. 3: 192–198.PubMed ID105293
Comments All -satellite DNA is made up of tandem monomers, each ~171 bp in length (primary sources)
Entered by Uri M
ID 107808