Chromosome end associations, telomeres and telomerase activity in ataxia telangiectasia cells

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 86-93

  Pandita, Tej K ^a,b   Pathak, S ^b   Geard, C R ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DISTRIBUTION; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TELOMERE;

EID: 0028980925     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134069     Document Type: Article

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