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. 2000 May-Jun;2(3):195-6.
doi: 10.1038/sj.neo.7900093.

Implications of mapping the human telomerase gene (hTERT) as the most distal gene on chromosome 5p

J W Shay  1 , W E Wright
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Implications of mapping the human telomerase gene (hTERT) as the most distal gene on chromosome 5p

J W Shay et al. Neoplasia. 2000 May-Jun.
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Figure 1
Diagrammatic representation of the localization of hTERT to the tip of chromosome 5p. The precise localization of hTERT to chromosome 5p15.33 was achieved by direct mapping using DAPI banding on the fluorescence in situ hybridized slides to get a precise band position; mapping relative to a reference Cri-du-chat probe at 5p15.2; and mapping relative to 5ptel a sub-telomeric reference probe 300kb from the telomeric repeats. Under the resolution of the fluorescence microscope, the hTERT probe co-localized with the 5ptel probe, suggesting that hTERT lies very dose to the telomere on chromosome 5p15.33.
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