Fishing for mechanisms of cytogenetically defined terminal deletions using chromosome-specific subtelomeric probes

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 764-770

  Ballif, B C ^a   Kashork, C D ^a   Shaffer, L G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1p36 deletion syndrome; FISH; Interstitial deletions; Subtelomeric; Telomere capture; Telomere healing; Terminal deletions

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MONOSOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MONOSOMY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033776316     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200536     Document Type: Article

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