Genomic analysis of human chromosome 10q and 4q telomeres suggests a common origin

Genomics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 210-217

  Van Geel, Michel ^a   Dickson, Morag C ^b   Beck, Amy F ^a   Bolland, Daniel J ^b,c   Frants, Rune R ^d   Van der Maarel, Silvère M ^d   De Jong, Pieter J ^a   Hewitt, Jane E ^b,c  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Base sequence homology; Contig mapping; Muscular dystrophy; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence analysis; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

EID: 0035707952     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2002.6690     Document Type: Article

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