Distribution of X-Ray-induced chromosome
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Shafik, Hasnaa M. ;Au, William W. ;Whorton, Elbert B. ;Legator, Marvin S.
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Down syndrome (DS) individuals are known to be predisposed to develop leukemia and their lymphocytes are highly sensitive to the induction of chromosome aberrations by X-rays. A study was conducted to identify the chromosome breakpoints and to evaluate whether site specificity for chromosome breakag