Assignment of the gene for a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (UBE2I) to human chromosome band 16p13.3 by in situ hybridization

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 222-223

  Tachibana, M ^a,d   Iwata, N ^b   Watanabe, A ^a   Nobukuni, Y ^c   Ploplis, B ^a   Kajigaya, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NIDCD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16P; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030513198     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134487     Document Type: Article

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