Instability at the H-ras minisatellite in human atherosclerotic plaques

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-51

  Kiaris, Hippokratis ^a,b   Hatzistamou, Julia ^a   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Genetic instability; H ras; Minisatellite

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE H RAS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030599034     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(96)05841-8     Document Type: Article

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