A serpin gene cluster on human chromosome 6p25 contains P16, P19 and ELANH2 which have a common structure almost identical to the 18q21 ovalbumin serpin genes

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 273-277

  Sun, J ^a   Stephens, R ^b   Mirza, G ^b   Kanai, H ^a   Ragoussis, J ^b   Bird, P I ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE INHIBITOR; OVALBUMIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; COSMIDS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OVALBUMIN; PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; SERPINS;

EID: 0032438686     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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