Visual demonstration of the organization of the human complement C4 and 21-hydroxylase genes by high-resolution fluorescence in situ hybridization

Genomics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-324

  Suto, Yumiko ^a,b   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^b,c   Watanabe, Yoshihisa ^b   Hirai, Momoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIGOXIGENIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; RHODAMINE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6P; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029877992     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0202     Document Type: Article

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