Telomeric fusions in cultured human fibroblasts as a source of genomic instability

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-136

  Riboni, Roberta ^a   Casati, Alessandra ^a   Nardo, Tiziana ^a   Zaccaro, Elisabetta ^a   Ferretti, Luca ^a   Nuzzo, Fiorella ^a   Mondello, Chiara ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 5; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; TELOMERE;

ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0030927278     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(96)00248-8     Document Type: Article

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