Selective capture of acentric fragments by micronuclei provides a rapid method for purifying extrachromosomally amplified DNA

Nature Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Shimizu, Noriaki ^a,b   Kanda, Teru ^a   Wahl, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTROMERE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA PROBES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030033954     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0196-65     Document Type: Article

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