Mechanisms of common fragile site instability

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Glover, Thomas W ^a   Arlt, Martin F ^a   Casper, Anne M ^a   Durkin, Sandra G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, CDC; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 27744530159     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi265     Document Type: Review

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