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Human casein kinase 2 alpha gene (CK-2-alpha) sequences have been localized within the human genome by in situ hybridization and somatic cell hybrid analysis using a CK-2 alpha cDNA as a probe. By in situ hybridization, the CK-2 alpha cDNA could be assigned to two different loci, one on 11p15.1-ter and one on 20p13. The existence of two separate chromosomal loci suggests that CK-2 alpha is a member of a gene family. Only the locus on chromosome 11 was confirmed by somatic cell hybrid analysis. The analysis was based on the presence of a CK-2-alpha-specific 20-kb fragment. However, the CK-2 alpha cDNA hybridizes to several additional fragments in total human DNA.
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Boldyreff, B., Klett, C., Göttert, E. et al. Assignment of casein kinase 2 alpha sequences to two different human chromosomes. Hum Genet 89, 79–82 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00207047
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