FRA18C: A new aphidicolin-inducible fragile site on chromosome 18q22, possibly associated with in vivo chromosome breakage

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 347-352

  Debacker, Kim ^a   Winnepenninckx, Birgitta ^a   Ben Porat, Neta ^b   FitzPatrick, David ^c   Van Luijk, Rob ^a   Scheers, Stefaan ^a   Kerem, Batsheva ^b   Kooy, R Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Molecular Medecine Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN;

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE;

APHIDICOLIN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 34248381720     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2006.044628     Document Type: Article

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