Tandem arrangement of the human serum albumin multigene family in the sub-centromeric region of 4q: Evolution and chromosomal direction of transcription

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Nishio, Hitomi ^a   Heiskanen, Mervi ^b   Palotie, Aarno ^b   Bélanger, Luc ^c   Dugaiczyk, Achilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

4q sub centrometric region; Direction of transcription; Human albumin; Molecular evolution; Tandemly linked gene family

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029896645     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0306     Document Type: Article

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