Human alpha 2-macroglobulin gene is located on chromosome 12.
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Bell GI, Rall LB, Sanchez-Pescador R, Merryweather JP, Scott J, Eddy RL, Shows TB
Human alpha 2-macroglobulin gene is located on chromosome 12.
Somat Cell Mol Genet. 1985 May;11(3):285-9.
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A cDNA clone encoding amino acids 809-1451 of the protease inhibitor alpha 2-macroglobulin has been isolated from an adult human liver cDNA library. This cDNA was used to examine DNA samples prepared from a panel of human-mouse somatic cell hybrids with different numbers and combinations of human chromosomes for the presence of the human alpha 2-macroglobulin gene. The cosegregation of this gene and chromosome 12 in the cell hybrid panel indicated that the alpha 2-macroglobulin structural gene (designated A2M) is on human chromosome 12.