Abstract
The human aggrecan gene (AGC1) has been localized to 15q25→q26.2 by in situ hybridization. Although no genetic diseases of connective tissue map to this location, the malignant melanoma-associated surface antigen mel-CSPG is located here; mel-CSPG is a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. This raises the possibility that AGC1 and mel-CSPG may be the same gene.
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Just, W., Klett, C., Vetter, U. et al. Assignment of the human aggrecan gene AGC1 to 15q25→q26.2 by in situ hybridization. Hum Genet 92, 516–518 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216462
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