A heritable folate-sensitive fragile site on chromosome 2p11.2 (FRA2L)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 252-254

  Schuffenhauer, S ^a   Lederer, G ^a   Murken, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METAPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINOPTERIN; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0029970171     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254969     Document Type: Article

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