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Using a 166-nucleotide-long DNA synthetic probe corresponding to the v-kit sequence (1458-1623), we have mapped the human c-kit gene to chromosome 4 at the q11–q12 band by in situ hybridization on chromosomes from human lymphocyte preparations.
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d'Auriol, L., Mattei, MG., Andre, C. et al. Localization of the human c-kit protooncogene on the q11–q12 region of chromosome 4. Hum Genet 78, 374–376 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291740
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