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Human genes for cardiac (ACTC), skeletal (ACTA), and vascular type (aortic type or α-) smooth (ACTSA) muscle actins have been localized to chromosomes 15q14, 1q42.1, and 10q23.3, respectively, by fluorescencein situ hybridization.
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Ueyama, H., Inazawa, J., Ariyama, T. et al. Reexamination of chromosomal loci of human muscle actin genes by fluorescencein situ hybridization. Jap J Human Genet 40, 145–148 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01874078
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