Centromeric inactivation in a dicentric human Y;21 translocation chromosome

Chromosoma

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 199-206

  Fisher, Andrew M ^a   Al Gazali, Lihadh ^b   Pramathan, T ^b   Quaife, Roger ^c   Cockwell, Annette E ^a   Barber, John C K ^a   Earnshaw, William C ^d,f   Axelman, Joyce ^d   Migeon, Barbara R ^d   Tyler Smith, Chris ^e  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION Y; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOWN SYNDROME; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CLONE CELLS; CYTOGENETICS; DNA, SATELLITE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030823567     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050240     Document Type: Article

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