Chromosomal aberrations involving telomeres and interstitial telomeric sequences

Mutagenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Bolzán, Alejandro D ^a  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MUTAGEN;

CHROMATID; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; DNA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84555186916     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/ger052     Document Type: Review

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