Role of short telomeres in inducing preferential chromosomal aberrations in human ovarian surface epithelial cells: A combined telomere quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization and whole-chromosome painting study

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-97

  Deng, Wen ^a   Tsao, Sai Wah ^a   Guan, Xin Yuan ^a   Lucas, Joe N ^b,c   Cheung, Annie L M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ALTech Biomedical Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OVARY; TELOMERE;

EID: 0037402984     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.10190     Document Type: Article

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