Close linkage of the two keratin gene clusters in the human genome

Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-138

  Milisavljevic, Vladana ^a   Freedberg, Irwin M ^a   Blumenberg, Miroslav ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLONING VECTOR; CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030028120     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0252     Document Type: Article

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