Improved detection and comparative sizing of human chromosomal telomeres in situ

Chromosoma

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 198-203

  Krejčí, Kateřina ^a   Koch, Jørn ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL AGING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDOLES; MALE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STAINING AND LABELING; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031927120     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050297     Document Type: Article

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