Healing of broken human chromosomes by the addition of telomeric repeats.
We have characterized and compared a series of naturally occurring chromosomal truncations involving the terminal region of the short arm of human chromosome 16 (16p13.3). All six broken chromosomes appear to have been stabilized by the direct addition of telomeric repeats (TTAGGG)n to nontelomeric...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1994
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