Characterization of neo-centromeres in marker chromosomes lacking detectable alpha-satellite DNA

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1195-1204

  Depinet, Theresa W ^a   Zackowski, Joleen L ^b   Earnshaw, William C ^c   Kaffe, Sara ^d   Sekhon, Gurbax S ^e   Stallard, Richard ^a   Sullivan, Beth A ^a   Vance, Gail H ^f   Van Dyke, Daniel L ^g   Willard, Huntington F ^a   Zinn, Arthur B ^a   Schwartz, Stuart ^a,h  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MARKER CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA, SATELLITE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MITOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8544263835     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.8.1195     Document Type: Article

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