Assignment of human elongation factor 1α genes: EEF1A maps to chromosome 6q14 and EEF1A2 to 20q13.3

Genomics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-361

  Lund, A ^a   Knudsen, S M ^b   Vissing, H ^c   Clark, B ^a   Tommerup, N ^d,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ASSIGNMENT; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030249704     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0475     Document Type: Article

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