Chromosomal mapping of a family of human glutamine synthetase genes: Functional gene (GLUL) on 1q25, pseudogene (GLULP) on 9p13, and three related genes (GLULL1, GLULL2, GLULL3) on 5q33, 11p15, and 11q24

Genomics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Wang, Yimin ^a   Kudoh, Jun ^a   Kubota, Ryo ^a   Asakawa, Shuichi ^a   Minoshima, Shinsei ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030588067     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0542     Document Type: Article

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