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. 1993 Dec;102(10):712-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF00650897.

In human chromosomes telomeric regions are enriched in CpGs relative to R-bands

M Ferraro  1 , V Predazzi, G Prantera
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In human chromosomes telomeric regions are enriched in CpGs relative to R-bands

M Ferraro et al. Chromosoma. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

Human chromosomes were in situ nick-translated using as nicking agents the endonucleases MspI (CCGG), its methyl-sensitive isoschizomer HpaII, HaeIII (GGCC), SacII (CCGCGG), EcoRI (GAATTC) and DNaseI. We show that in metaphase chromosomes R-bands are enriched, as compared with G-bands, in the dinucleotide CpG but no more than what is expected on the basis of their relative G+C content. The telomeric regions, on the contrary, besides having a chromatin conformation that is particularly relaxed and accessible to endonucleases, also show an enrichment in CpGs.

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