Gene organisation, sequence variation and isochore structure at the centromeric boundary of the human MHC

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 789-799

  Stephens, Richard ^a   Horton, Roger ^b   Humphray, Sean ^b   Rowen, Lee ^c   Trowsdale, John ^a   Beck, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome banding; Extended MHC; G+C content; Isochore; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Synteny breakpoint

Indexed keywords

HLA DP ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOCHORE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SYNTENY;

EID: 0033609808     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3004     Document Type: Article

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