Assignment of the human gene (GLCLR) that encodes the regulatory subunit of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase to chromosome 1p21

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 252-254

  Sierra Rivera, E ^a   Dasouki, M ^b   Summar, M L ^b   Krishnamani, M R S ^b   Meredith, M ^c   Rao, P N ^d   Phillips III, J A ^b   Freeman, M L ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1P; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0029996429     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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