Extreme reduction of chromosome-specific α-satellite array is unusually common in human chromosome 21

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 895-908

  Lo, Anthony W I ^a   Liao, Gregory C C ^a   Rocchi, Mariano ^b   Choo, K H Andy ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Instituto di Genetica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

AUTOANTIGENS; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, SATELLITE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE;

EID: 0032717569     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.9.10.895     Document Type: Article

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