Physical map of human 6p21.2-6p21.3: Region flanking the centromeric end of the major histocompatibility complex

Genome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 631-643

  Tripodis, Nicos ^a   Mason, Ruth ^a   Humphray, Sean J ^b   Davies, Angela F ^a   Herberg, Jethro A ^c   Trowsdale, John ^c,f   Nizetic, Dean ^d   Senger, Gabriele ^e   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institut fur Humangenetik und Anthropologie   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTIG;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE ORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031823142     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.8.6.631     Document Type: Article

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