Human type I cytokeratin genes are a compact cluster

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Ceratto, N ^a   Dobkin, C ^b   Carter, M ^b   Jenkins, E ^b   Yao, X L ^b   Cassiman, J J ^c   Aly, M S ^c   Bosco, P ^a   Leube, R ^d   Langbein, L ^g   Feo, S ^e   Romano, V ^a,f  

^a Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HUMAN GENETICS   (Belgium)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DNA LIBRARY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030767664     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134566     Document Type: Article

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