Alu-alu fusion sequences identified at junction sites of copy number amplified regions in cancer cell lines

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Kitada, K ^a   Aikawa, S ^a   Aida, S ^a  

^a CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alu elements; BFB cycle model; Cancer cell lines; Gene amplification; Inverted repeats

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN CANCER;

ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84870993147     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342885     Document Type: Article

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