Segmental duplications of somatic (human) chromatids

Authors
Matioli, GT
Citation
Gt. Matioli, Segmental duplications of somatic (human) chromatids, MED HYPOTH, 51(6), 1998, pp. 485-488
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEDICAL HYPOTHESES
ISSN journal
03069877 → ACNP
Volume
51
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
485 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9877(199812)51:6<485:SDOS(C>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The paper discusses a mechanism for short-long duplications of segments of somatic chromatids in cancer cells. Based on the Frenkel-Kontorova model, t he mechanism accounts for the high incidence of duplications on the long ar m of almost all chromatids.