Complete DNA sequence and characterization of a 330-kb VNTR-rich region on chromosome 6q27 that is commonly deleted in ovarian cancer

DNA Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Minaguchi, Takeo ^a   Matsushima, Mieko ^a   Saito, Susumu ^b   Kanamori, Yasunobu ^a   Shirahama, Syuya ^b   Okamoto, Sachiko ^a   Minami, Maiko ^c   Taketani, Yuji ^a   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SRL INC   (Japan)

^c CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome 6q27; DNA sequencing; Ovarian cancer; VNTR

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OVARY TUMOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033617012     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/6.2.131     Document Type: Article

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