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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6

Known as: 6 chromosome, 6 chromosomes, Chromosome 6 
The designation for each member of the sixth largest human autosomal chromosome pair. Chromosome 6 spans more than 170 million base pairs and… 
National Institutes of Health

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6q+ Syndrome, PartialChromosome 6, deletion 6q13 q15Chromosome 6, monosomy 6qChromosome 6, monosomy 6q1
ADTRP geneAKIRIN2 geneAleukemic Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaC6orf106 gene

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Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Paralogy mapping: identification of a region in the human MHC triplicated onto human chromosomes 1 and 9 allows the prediction and isolation of novel PBX and NOTCH loci.
The human genome contains a group of gene families whose members map within the same regions of chromosomes 1, 6, and 9. The… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Cytogenetic analysis of 109 pediatric central nervous system tumors.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Fine-scale deletion mapping of the distal long arm of chromosome 6 in 70 human ovarian cancers.
To define a small region on chromosome 6q containing a putative tumor suppressor gene for ovarian cancer, we examined loss of… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The human alpha 2(XI) collagen (COL11A2) chain. Molecular cloning of cDNA and genomic DNA reveals characteristics of a fibrillar collagen with differences in genomic organization.
We have isolated three overlapping cDNA clones encoding the pro alpha 2(XI) collagen chain from a human chondrocyte cDNA library… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Chromosomal assignments of genes coding for components of the mixed-function oxidase system in mice. Genetic localization of the cytochrome P-450PCN and P-450PB gene families and the nadph-cytochrome…
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Chromosomal locations of the murine T-cell receptor alpha-chain gene and the T-cell gamma gene.
Two independent methods were used to identify the mouse chromosomes on which are located two families of immunoglobulin (Ig)-like… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The T cell receptor β chain genes are located on chromosome 6 in mice and chromosome 7 in humans
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Six HLA-D region alpha-chain genes on human chromosome 6: polymorphisms and associations of DC alpha-related sequences with DR types.
Analysis of cosmid clones containing genes related to the HLA-DR alpha chain calls for at least six HLA-D region alpha-chain… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Characterization of a cloned DNA sequence that is present at centromeres of all human autosomes and the X chromosome and shows polymorphic variation.
We have identified a human DNA recombinant (p308) with a 3.0-kilobase (kb) BamHI insert that hybridizes in situ exclusively to… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Genetic polymorphism of C4 in man and localisation of a structural C4 locus to the HLA gene complex of chromosome 6
NATIVE C4, the fourth component of human complement (C4)1 has a molecular weight of 204,000 and is composed of three distinct… 
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