A genome-wide analysis of common fragile sites: What features determine chromosomal instability in the human genome?

Genome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 993-1005

  Fungtammasan, Arkarachai ^a   Walsh, Erin ^a,b   Chiaromonte, Francesca ^a   Eckert, Kristin A ^a,c   Makova, Kateryna D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; DNA; HISTONE H3;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOGENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ALU ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; APHIDICOLIN; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84861883036     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.134395.111     Document Type: Article

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