Centromere cleavage is a mechanism underlying isochromosome formation in skin and head and neck carcinomas

Chromosoma

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 476-481

  Jin, Yuesheng ^a   Jin, Charlotte ^a   Salemark, Lars ^a   Martins, Carmo ^b   Wennerberg, Johan ^a   Mertens, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Portuguese Cancer Institute   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOCHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033659742     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120000107     Document Type: Article

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