Fusion of short telomeres in human cells is characterized by extensive deletion and microhomology, and can result in complex rearrangements

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1841-1852

  Letsolo, Boitelo T ^a   Rowson, Jan ^a   Baird, Duncan M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUSION GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE;

EID: 77951228833     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1183     Document Type: Article

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