Chromosomes are predominantly located randomly with respect to each other in interphase human cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-244

  Cornforth, Michael N ^a   Greulich Bode, Karin M ^b,c   Loucas, Bradford D ^a   Arsuaga, Javier ^d   Vázquez, Mariel ^d   Sachs, Rainer K ^d   Brückner, Martina ^c   Molls, Michael ^c   Hahnfeldt, Philip ^e   Hlatky, Lynn ^e   Brenner, David J ^f  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Human chromosome clustering; Multiplex FISH; Nuclear organization; Proximity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; LYMPHOCYTES; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 18644366592     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200206009     Document Type: Article

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