An unusual dicentric Y chromosome with a functional centromere with no detectable alpha-satellite

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-456

  Bukvic, Nenad ^a   Susca, Francesco ^a   Gentile, Mattia ^b   Tangari, Emanuele ^a   Ianniruberto, Achille ^c   Guanti, Ginevra ^b  

^a Genetica Medica   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^c Ospedale M Sarcone   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MARKER CHROMOSOME; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA, SATELLITE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029985467     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02267065     Document Type: Article

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