Publications from which the Data has been Curated


This page maintain publications used for compiling fragile sites to build HumCFS.


Fragile SitePaper titlePMID
  FRA1A  Chromosomal restructurings and the distribution of chromosome fragile sites in the peripheral blood lymphocytes in a breast cancer patient after cytostatic therapy1322577
  FRA1B   Disabled-1 is a large common fragile site gene, inactivated in multiple cancer18008369
  FRA1C  A new folate sensitive fragile site at 1p21.31865478
  FRA1D   A new fragile site at 1p21.31865478
  FRA1E  FRA1E common fragile site breaks map within a 370kilobase pair region and disrupt the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene .16556484
  FRA1F  First molecular-cytogenetic characterization of Fanconi anemia fragile sites in primary lymphocytes of FA-D2 patients in different stages of the disease27625703
  FRA1G   Correlated fragile site expression allows the identification of candidate fragile genes involved in immunity and associated with carcinogenesis16981993
  FRA1H   Molecular characterization of the human common fragile site FRA1H17311248
  FRA1I   Genomic organization and evolution of double minutes/homogeneously staining regions with MYC amplification in human cancer25034695
  FRA1J   Global screening and extended nomenclature for 230 aphidicolin-20198338
  FRA1K   Synergistic effect of aphidicolin and ethanol on the induction of common fragile sites3100418
  FRA1L  Global screening and extended nomenclature for 230 aphidicolin-inducible fragile sites, including 61 yet unreported ones20198338
  FRA1M   Subregional localization of 14 yeast artificial chromosomes to human chromosome region 1p by fluorescence in situ hybridization7736782
  FRA2A  Global screening and extended nomenclature for aphidicolin induced fragiule site20198338
  FRA2B  FRA2B is distinct from inverted telomere repeat arrays at 2q131572659
  FRA2C   The FRA2C common fragile site maps to the borders of MYCN amplicons in neuroblastoma and is associated with gross chromosomal rearrangements in different cancers21258086
  FRA2D   Global screening and extended nomenclature for aphidicolin induced fragile site20198338
  FRA2E   Epstein-Barr virus is integrated between REL and BCL-11A in American Burkitt lymphoma cell line 15241441
  FRA2F   Preferential integration of human papillomavirus type 18 near the c-myc locus in cervical carcinoma14562053
  FRA2G   Characterization of the human common fragile site FRA2G 12620385
  FRA2H   Genomic rearrangements at the FRA2H common fragile site frequently involve non-homologous recombination events across LTR and L1(LINE) repeats22476624
  FRA2I   Fragile sites and human disease17567780
  FRA2J   A new human hypervariable locus (K29) maps to the q37.3 region of chromosome 2 and reveals a fingerprint1840562
  FRA2K   Fragile sites and human disease17567780
  FRA2L   A heritable folate-sensitive fragile site on chromosome 2p 11.22254969
  FRA2S   Breakages at common fragile sites set boundaries of amplified regions in two leukemia cell lines K562 - Molecular characterization of FRA2H and localization of a new CFS FRA2S20851513
  FRA3A   DNA polymerase α inhibition by aphidicolin induces gaps and breaks at common fragile sites in human chromosomes6430783
  FRA3B   Evidence that instability within the FRA3B region extends four megabases12483524
  FRA3C   Determination of the specificity of aphidicolin-induced breakage of the human 3p14.2 fragile site8406484
  FRA3D   Fragile sites and human disease17567780
  FRA4A-D   Fragile sites and human disease17567780
  FRA4E   Characterization of a conserved aphidicolin-sensitive common fragile site at human 4q22 and mouse 6C115286716
  FRA5A & B   Correlated fragile site expression allows the identification of candidate fragile genes involved in immunity and associated with carcinogenesis16981993
  FRA5C  SMAD5 gene expression, rearrangements, copy number, and amplification at fragile site FRA5C in human hepatocellular carcinoma14670176
  FRA5D & E  Preferential integration of human papillomavirus type 18 near the c-myc locus in cervical carcinoma14562053
  FRA5G  Common Fragile Sites and Cancer15650228
  FRA5H  FRA5H: A New Common Fragile Site on Chromosome 5q11.2-12 123911288
  FRA6A & B  An integrated map of human chromosome 6p238750194
  FRA6C  Human papillomavirus type 16 integrations in cervical tumors frequently occur in common fragile sites11085503
  FRA6D  New classes of common fragile sites induced by 5-azacytidine and bromodeoxyuridine2579891
  FRA6H  Cloning of genetically tagged chromosome break sequences reveals new fragile sites at 6p21 and 13q2217290399
  FRA7A,C, D & F  Genetic markers on chromosome 73290488
  FRA7B  Characterization of FRA7B, a human common fragile site mapped at the 7p chromosome terminal region20804921
  FRA7E  Molecular basis for expression of common and rare fragile sites14517285
  FRA7G  Characterization of the human TESTIN gene localized in the FRA7G region at 7q31.210950921
  FRA7H  Molecular characterization of a common fragile site (FRA7H) on human chromosome 7 by the cloning of a simian virus 40 integration site9653154
  FRA7I  Initiation of the breakage-fusion-bridge mechanism through common fragile site activation in human breast cancer cells: the model of PIP gene duplication from a break at FRA7I12393800
  FRA7J  The molecular basis of common and rare fragile sites16236432
  FRA7K  Identification of the human/mouse syntenic common fragile site FRA7K/Fra12C1--relation of FRA7K and other human common fragile sites on chromosome 7 to evolutionary breakpoints.17039484
  FRA8A  Report of the committee on chromosome rearrangements in neoplasia and on fragile sites3864602
  FRA8B & C  Preferential integration of human papillomavirus type 18 near the c-myc locus in cervical carcinoma14562053
  FRA8D  Positioning of cervical carcinoma and Burkitt lymphoma translocation breakpoints with respect to the human papillomavirus integration cluster in FRA8C at 8q24.1315381365
  FRA8E  A distamycin A-inducible fragile site, FRA8E, located in the region of the hereditary multiple exostoses gene, is not involved in HPV16 DNA integration and amplification9460496
  FRA9A & B  Population cytogenetics of folate-sensitive fragile sites,Autosomal rare fragile sites2714776
  FRA9C & F  New classes of common fragile sites induced by 5-azacytidine and bromodeoxyuridine2579891
  FRA9D  Preferential integration of human papillomavirus type 18 near the c-myc locus in cervical carcinoma14562053
  FRA9E  Characterization of the common fragile site FRA9E and its potential role in ovarian cancer12555072
  FRA9G  Novel aphidicolin-inducible common fragile site FRA9G maps to 9p22.2, within the C9orf39 gene17668870
  FRA10A  Exact localization of several fragile sites remains uncertain. The example of fra(10) sensitive to folate3879149
  FRA10B  Heritable fragile sites on human chromosomes. IX. Population cytogenetics and segregation analysis of the BrdU-requiring fragile site at 10q257124730
  FRA10C  New classes of common fragile sites induced by 5-azacytidine and bromodeoxyuridine2579891
  FRA10D  Common fragile sites, extremely large genes, neural development and cancer16221525
  FRA10E  The molecular basis of common and rare fragile sites16236432
  FRA10F  Common fragile sites: genomic hotspots of DNA damage and carcinogenesis23109895
  FRA10G  DNA breaks at fragile sites generate oncogenic RET/PTC rearrangements in human thyroid cells20101222
  FRA11A  The molecular basis of the folate-sensitive fragile site FRA11A at 11q1318160775
  FRA11B & G  Common fragile site FRA11G and rare fragile site FRA11B at 11q23.3 encompass distinct genomic regions17063465
  FRA11C & D  The role of viral integration in the development of cervical cancer15771901
  FRA11E  Fragile sites are preferential targets for integrations of MLV vectors in gene therapy16511518
  FRA11H  Infection with retroviral vectors leads to perturbed DNA replication increasing vector integrations into fragile sites23852038
  FRA11I  A new rare distamycin A-inducible fragile site, fra(11) (p15.1), found in two acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) patients with t(7;11)(p15-p13;p15)3169734
  FRA12A  Assignment of human KH-box-containing genes by in situ hybridization: HNRNPK maps to 9q21.32-q21.33, PCBP1 to 2p12-p13, and PCBP2 to 12q13.12-q13.13, distal to FRA12A8833161
  FRA12B  Deletion at Fragile Sites is a Common and Early Event in Barrett’s Esophagus20647332
  FRA12C  A BrdU-requiring fragile site on chromosome 123338802
  FRA12D & E  A male with the folate-sensitive rare fragile site at 12q24.114526166
  FRA13A  The neurobeachin gene spans the common fragile site FRA13A16244873
  FRA13B,C & D  Forgotten fragile sites and related phenomena14526168
  FRA13E  Cloning of genetically tagged chromosome break sequences reveals new fragile sites at 6p21 and 13q2217290399
  FRA14B  Gephyrin and neurexin 3 are new large common fragile site (cFS) genes frequently rearranged in different human cancers100769
  FRA14C  Preferential integration of human papillomavirus type 18 near the c-myc locus in cervical carcinoma14562053
  FRA15A  RORA, a large common fragile site gene, is involved in cellular stress response16462772
  FRA16A  Mapping the short arm of human chromosome 162714795
  FRA16B  Population cytogenetics of rare fragile sites 3338799
  FRA16C  The molecular basis of common and rare fragile sites16236432
  FRA16D  The characterization of the common fragile site FRA16D and its involvement in multiple myeloma translocations11013073
  FRA16E  Distamycin A-inducible fragile sites and cancer proneness3409200
  FRA17A  Population cytogenetics of folate-sensitive fragile sites. II. Autosomal rare fragile sites2714776
  FRA17B  Human papillomavirus type 16 integrations in cervical tumors frequently occur in common fragile sites11085503
  FRA18 A & B  Are common fragile sites merely structural domains or highly organized functional units susceptible to oncogenic stress25238782
  FRA18C  FRA18C: a new aphidicolin-inducible fragile site on chromosome 18q22, possibly associated with in vivo chromosome breakage17475918
  FRA19A  New classes of common fragile sites induced by 5-azacytidine and bromodeoxyuridine2579891
  FRA19B  Fragile 19p13 in a family with mental illness3568428
  FRA20A & B  Heritable fragile sites on human chromosomes II. Distribution, phenotypic effects, and cytogenetics453198
  FRA21A  Systematic screening of chromosome 18 for loss of heterozygosity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma10326596
  FRA22A  Localization of the human GM-CSF receptor beta chain gene (CSF2RB) to chromosome 22q12.2-->q13.11424804
  FRA22B  Common fragile sites, extremely large genes, neural development and cancer16221525
  FRAXA  A common fragile site at Xq27: theoretical and practical implications3358421
  FRAXB & D  Molecular characterization of FRAXB and comparative common fragile site instability in cancer cells11746990
  FRAXE  Trinucleotide repeat amplification and hypermethylation of a CpG island in FRAXE mental retardation8334699
  FRAXF  The identification of a third fragile site, FRAXF, in Xq27--q28 distal to both FRAXA and FRAXE8499907