Assignment of the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene to human chromosome band 18q22 by in situ hybridisation and radiation hybrid mapping

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 97-98

  Sundaramurthy, D ^a   Campbell, D A ^a,b   Leek, J P ^a   Markham, A F ^a   Pieri, L F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; ENERGY BALANCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RADIATION CHIMERA; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031687052     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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