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The gene encoding a human natural killer cell granule serine protease, Met-ase 1, maps to chromosome 19p13.3

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  1. Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, Centre for Medical Genetics, 72 King William Road, 5006, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Elizabeth Baker & Grant R. Sutherland

  2. Austin Research Institute, Austin Hospital, Cellular Cytotoxicity Laboratory, Studley Road, 3084, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

    Mark J. Smyth

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Baker, E., Sutherland, G.R. & Smyth, M.J. The gene encoding a human natural killer cell granule serine protease, Met-ase 1, maps to chromosome 19p13.3. Immunogenetics 39, 294–295 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188796

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