Systematic characterisation of disease associated balanced chromosome rearrangements by FISH: Cytogenetically and genetically anchored YACs identify microdeletions and candidate regions for mental retardation genes

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-278

  Wirth, J ^a   Nothwang, H G ^a   Van der Maarel, S ^a,f   Menzel, G ^a   Borck, G ^a   Lopez Pajares, I ^b   Brondum Nielsen K ^c   Tommerup, N ^d   Bugge, M ^d   Ropers, H H ^a,e   Haaf, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d IMBG   (Denmark)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosomal translocation; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH); Mendelian Cytogenetics Network (MCN); Mental retardation (MR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0032904148     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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