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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13

Known as: 13 chromosome, 13 chromosomes, Chromosome 13 
The designation for each member of the thirteenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair. Chromosome 13 spans about 113 million base pairs and… 
National Institutes of Health

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13qAleukemic Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaChromatinChromosome 13 Short Arm

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Chromosome 13 ringChromosome 13q deletion syndromeChromosome 13q trisomyPatau syndrome

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Chromosomes, Human, 13-15

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Polymorphisms at the G72/G30 gene locus, on 13q33, are associated with bipolar disorder in two independent pedigree series.
Linkage evidence suggests that chromosome 13 (13q32-33) contains susceptibility genes for both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The Cspg2 gene, disrupted in the hdf mutant, is required for right cardiac chamber and endocardial cushion formation.
The heart defect (hdf) mouse is a recessive lethal that arose from a transgene insertional mutation on chromosome 13. Embryos… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
CLN5, a novel gene encoding a putative transmembrane protein mutated in Finnish variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) represent a group of common recessive inherited neurodegenerative disorders of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A single BRCA2 mutation in male and female breast cancer families from Iceland with varied cancer phenotypes
The BRCA2 gene on chromosome 13 has been shown to be associated with familial male and female breast cancer. Here we describe a… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Poor prognosis in multiple myeloma is associated only with partial or complete deletions of chromosome 13 or abnormalities involving 11q and not with other karyotype abnormalities.
Chromosomal abnormalities have major biologic and prognostic implications in leukemias. Cytogenetic information in typically… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Human steroidogenic acute regulatory protein: functional activity in COS-1 cells, tissue-specific expression, and mapping of the structural gene to 8p11.2 and a pseudogene to chromosome 13.
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) appears to mediate the rapid increase in pregnenolone synthesis stimulated by… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A microsatellite linkage map of the porcine genome.
We report the most extensive genetic linkage map for a livestock species produced to date. We have linked 376 microsatellite (MS… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Genetic origin of mutations predisposing to retinoblastoma.
Retinoblastoma is one of several human tumors to which predisposition can be inherited. Molecular genetic analysis of several… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Homozygosity of chromosome 13 in retinoblastoma.
We studied the frequency of chromosome 13 homozygosity in tumor tissue obtained directly from eyes harboring retinoblastomas. The… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Chromosomal deletion and retinoblastoma.
Retinoblastoma occurs at a very high rate among two groups of genetically predisposed persons: those who inherit the tumor… 
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