Comparison of mitotic cell death by chromosome fragmentation to premature chromosome condensation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Mitotic cell death is an important form of cell death, particularly in cancer. Chromosome fragmentation is a major form of mitotic cell death which is identifiable during common cytogenetic analysis by its unique phenotype of progressively degraded chromosomes. T...

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Main Authors: Bremer Steven W, Liu Guo, Regan Sarah M, Abdallah Batoul Y, Stevens Joshua B, Ye Christine J, Heng Henry H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:Molecular Cytogenetics
Online Access:http://www.molecularcytogenetics.org/content/3/1/20