Chromosome healing of constitutional chromosome deletions studied by microdissection

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-72

  Vermeesch, J R ^a   Falzetti, D ^b   Van Buggenhout, G ^a   Fryns, J P ^a   Marynen, P ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT CRY SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

CANIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031854222     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014991     Document Type: Article

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