The gene encoding the p60 subunit of chromatin assembly factor I (CAF1P60) maps to human chromosome 21q22.2, a region associated with some of the major features of Down syndrome

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 497-499

  Katsanis, Nicholas ^a   Fisher, Elizabeth M C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TRISOMY 21;

ANEUPLOIDY; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029791627     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050246     Document Type: Article

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