Aberrant interchromosomal exchanges are the predominant cause of the 22q11.2 deletion

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-428

  Saitta, Sulagna C ^a   Harris, Stacy E ^a   Gaeth, Ann P ^b   Driscoll, Deborah A ^a   McDonald McGinn, Donna M ^a   Maisenbacher, Melissa K ^a   Yersak, Jill M ^a   Chakraborty, Prabir K ^c   Hacker, April M ^a   Zackai, Elaine H ^a   Ashley, Terry ^b   Emmanuel, Beverly S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HOMOLOG; PROTEIN MLH1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; SPERMATOCYTES;

EID: 10744220154     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh041     Document Type: Article

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