cDNA cloning of the human homologues of the mouse Ke4 and Ke6 genes at the centromeric end of the human MHC region

Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 600-602

  Ando, Asako ^a   Kikuti, Yara Yukie ^a   Shigenari, Atsuko ^a   Kawata, Hisako ^a   Okamoto, Naoaki ^b   Shiina, Takashi ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Ikemura, Toshimichi ^c   Abe, Kuniya ^d   Kimura, Minoru ^a   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Biomedical Research Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 6P; COSMID; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030219462     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0405     Document Type: Article

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