The constitutional t(17;22): Another translocation mediated by palindromic AT-rich repeats

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 733-738

  Kurahashi, Hiroki ^a,b   Shaikh, Tamim ^a   Takata, Masayuki ^b   Toda, Tatsushi ^b   Emanuel, Beverly S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 22Q; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037371163     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368062     Document Type: Article

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