| Silver staining in clinical cytogenetics. | |
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PMID: 2412316 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Silver staining of human chromosomes at prometaphase or metaphase identifies variants in the stalk (nucleolar organizing) regions of acrocentric chromosomes (Nos. 13, 14, 15, 21, 22). Variants are defined by size, number, and morphology of silver staining areas. They are heritable polymorphisms and have not been associated with clinical abnormalities. However, these variants are useful in clinical cytogenetics, specifically in studies attempting to determine whether genetic material has been gained or lost in chromosomal rearrangements, the origin of chromosomal aberrations, the origin of cells in tissue culture, the chromosomal location of single genes, clonal origin of tumors, the zygosity of twins, and paternity. Some chromosomal aberrations require silver staining for their definition. Because loss of the stalk regions per se is apparently not deleterious, demonstration that chromosomal breaks occurred within this region without concomitant loss or gain of genetic material essential for normal human development provides basis for a good prognosis for the individual with the chromosomal rearrangement resulting from such breakage. The principle underlying most of the other applications is to determine whether variants being compared are identical or dissimilar, and to make inferences from these results (e.g., variants in monozygotic twins should all be identical, whereas in dizygotic twins they are as similar as in any pair of sibs). Silver staining is a valuable technique for special questions in clinical analysis. |
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Authors:
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A O Martin |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Stain technology Volume: 60 ISSN: 0038-9153 ISO Abbreviation: Stain Technol Publication Date: 1985 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1985-10-08 Completed Date: 1985-10-08 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404535 Medline TA: Stain Technol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 275-84 Citation Subset: IM |
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Chromosome Aberrations*
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genetics Chromosome Banding Chromosome Disorders* Genetic Markers Humans Silver / diagnostic use* Staining and Labeling |
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0/Genetic Markers; 7440-22-4/Silver |
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