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The localization of human protein C gene on chromosome 2 was investigated by in situ hybridization using a partial cDNA for protein C. Silver-grain analysis indicates that the protein C gene is located on 2q13-q14.
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Patracchini, P., Aiello, V., Palazzi, P. et al. Sublocalization of the human protein C gene on chromosome 2q13–q14. Hum Genet 81, 191–192 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293902
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