Transmission electron microscopy of chromosomes by longitudinal section preparation: Application to fragile X chromosome analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-449

  Wen, Guang Y ^a   Jenkins, Edmund C ^a   Yao, Xiu Lan ^a   Yoon, David ^a   Brown, W Ted ^a   Wisniewski, Henryk M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosomes; FISH; fragile X chromosome; liquid nitrogen; transmission electron microscopy (TEM); ultrathin longitudinal sections

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CENTROMERE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031033839     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970211)68:4<445::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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