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An interleukin-8 cDNA probe detects a biallelic HindIII polymorphism. This frequent restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) provides a new genetic marker for the long arm of chromosome 4.
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Fey, M.F., Tobler, A. An interleukin-8 (IL-8) cDNA clone identifies a frequent HindIII polymorphism. Hum Genet 91, 298 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218279
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