The enigma of common fragile sites

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 524-531

  Simonic, I ^a   Gericke, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; APHIDICOLIN; NUCLEASE; REPETITIVE DNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029878014     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02267080     Document Type: Article

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