Telomere length measurement in mouse chromosomes by a modified Q-FISH method

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 464-470

  Wong, H P ^a   Slijepcevic, P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMOSOMES; DEMECOLCINE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TELOMERE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3242790109     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078220     Document Type: Article

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