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A 3-kb DNA fragment, inserted in Bluescribe vector, was used to localize the desmin gene by in situ hybridization on human metaphase chromosomes. The probe was labelled by Bio-11-dUTP and detected by immunofluorescence. Subsequent R-banding indicated that the desmin gene is located in band 2q35.
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Viegas-Péquignot, E., Lin, L.Z., Dutrillaux, B. et al. Assignment of human desmin gene to band 2q35 by nonradioactive in situ hybridization. Hum Genet 83, 33–36 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00274143
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