Telomere length, chromatin structure and chromosome fusigenic potential

Chromosoma

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 413-421

  Slijepcevic, P ^a   Hande, M P ^b   Bouffler, S D ^c   Lansdorp, P ^b   Bryant, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c Biomedical Effects Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; CRICETINAE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METAPHASE; MICE; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031454122     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050263     Document Type: Article

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