Systematic sequencing of the human HLA-A/HLA-F region: Establishment of a cosmid contig and identification of a new gene cluster within 37 kb of sequence

Genomics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 316-326

  Lepourcelet, Maïna ^a   Andrieux, Nancy ^a   Giffon, Thierry ^a   Pichon, Laurent ^a   Hampe, Annie ^a   Galibert, Francis ^a   Mosser, Jean ^a  

^a Inst de Rech Contre le Cancer IRCC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MURINAE;

EID: 0030297955     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0566     Document Type: Article

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