Interchromosomal repeat array interactions between chromosomes 4 and 10: A model for subtelomeric plasticity

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2879-2884

  Van Overveld, Petra G M ^a   Lemmers, Richard J F L ^a   Deidda, Giancarlo ^a,b   Sandkuijl, Lodewijk ^a   Padberg, George W ^a,c   Frants, Rune R ^a   Van Der Maarel, Silvère M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRANCE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSIS; MOSAICISM; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034703873     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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