Assignment of human plasma methylumbelliferyl-tetra-N-acetylchitotetraoside hydrolase or chitinase to chromosome 1q by a linkage study

Human Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-207

  Eiberg, Hans ^a   Den Tandt, Wilfried Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKER GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PROTEINS; CHITINASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; FEMALE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0031470925     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050615     Document Type: Article

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