The G4 gene is duplicated in 44% of human immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region haplotypes

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-89

  Brusco, Alfredo ^a   Cinque, Fernanda ^a   Saviozzi, Silvia ^a   Boccazzi, Cleide ^a   DeMarchi, Mario ^b   Carbonara, Angelo O ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; GENE DUPLICATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030792902     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050470     Document Type: Article

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