Direct and indirect non-disjunction in the origin of trisomy in cultured human lymphocytes

Mutagenesis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 557-562

  Minissi, Sandra ^a   Degrassi, Francesca ^b   Tanzarella, Caterina ^c   Gustavino, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN B;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NONDISJUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY;

EID: 0032753290     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/14.6.557     Document Type: Article

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