Identification of the gene-richest bands in human chromosomes

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-94

  Saccone, Salvatore ^a,b   Cacciò, Simone ^a,c   Kusuda, Jun ^a,d   Andreozzi, Letizia ^b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giemsa and reverse bandings; In situ hybridization; Isochores

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOCHORE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030603223     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00392-7     Document Type: Article

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