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A cloned, 40 kb, genomic DNA fragment, containing the last exon of the gene for human cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIb and its flanking sequences, was used as a probe to localize the subunit VIb gene on human metaphase chromosomes. The probe was labelled with Bio-11-dUTP and detected by fluorescence. Subsequent R-banding indicated that the cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIb gene is localized in band 19q13.1, extending the evidence that the human nuclear genes of cytochrome c oxidase are not clustered.
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Taanman, JW., van der Veen, A.Y., Schrage, C. et al. Assignment of the gene coding for human cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIb to chromosome 19, band q13.1, by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. Hum Genet 87, 325–327 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200913
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