Human endothelin converting enzyme gene (ECE1) mapped to chromosomal region 1p36.1

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 322-324

  Matsuoka, R ^a   Sawamura, T ^b   Yamada, K ^c   Yoshida, M ^c,d   Furutani, Y ^a   Ikura, T ^b   Shiraki, T ^b   Hoshikawa, H ^b   Shimada, K ^e   Tanzawa, K ^e   Masaki, T ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Graduate School of Environment Earth Science   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1P; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE;

EID: 9244248079     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134214     Document Type: Article

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