NOR expression increases on metaphase chromosomes of Down syndrome lymphocytes in concordance with mitogen concentration in culture medium

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-39

  Imamoglu, Nalan ^a   Demirtas, Halil ^a   Donmez Altuntas, Hamiyet ^a   Hamurcu, Zuhal ^a   Ilten, Ali ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Metaphase nucleolus organizer regions; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS INDEX; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRISOMY 21;

AZURE STAINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 20544470493     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20050     Document Type: Article

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