Distribution of interstitial telomere-related sequences in the human genome and their relationship with fragile sites

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-15

  Musio, Antonio ^a   Mariani, Tullio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosomal fragility; Database searching; Fragile sites; Telomeric sequences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; DATA BASE; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032948988     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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