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A cloned 850 bp cDNA fragment corresponding to the 3′-coding part of human ALDHI-mRNA was used as a probe for the chromosomal assignment of the ALDHI gene. Southern blot analysis of human-rodent somatic cell hybrids indicates that the human ALDHI gene resides on chromosome 12.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H. Holzer on the occasion of his 65. birthday
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Braun, T., Grzeschik, K.H., Bober, E. et al. The structural gene for the mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase maps to human chromosome 12. Hum Genet 73, 365–367 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279102
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