Fragility in the 14q21q translocation region

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-276

  Denison, Stacy R ^a   Multani, Asha S ^b   Pathak, Sen ^b   Greenbaum, Ira F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphidicolin; Fragile sites; Heritability; Rob(14q21q); Robertsonian translocation

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 0036760679     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572002000300003     Document Type: Article

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