Human chromosome 18 is a submetacentric chromosome containing 2–6% of the genetic material in the genome. It is relatively gene poor.
Keywords: chromosome 18; sequences; genes; syndromes; disorders; cancer
Chromosome 18
Ad Geurts van Kessel, University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Gary Silverman, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Published online: January 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0005827
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| Further Reading | |
| book Silverman GA and Overhauser J (1995) "Human chromosome 18, genetic and physical map status". In: Meyers RA (ed.) Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine, pp. 190–215. New York, NY: VCH. | |
| Web Links | |
| ePath Cancer Genome Anatomy Project. BACs mapped to chromosome 18 by FISH http://cgap.nci.nih.gov/Chromosomes/BAC_Clone_Map?CHR=18 | |
| ePath Cancer Genome Anatomy Project. Recurrent chromosome abnormalities in cancer http://cgap.nci.nih.gov/Chromosomes/RecurrentAberrations | |
| ePath Celera. Chromosome 18 sequencing http://www.celera.com | |
| ePath Center for Medical Genetics. Marshfield genetic map http://research.marshfieldclinic.org/genetics/Map_Markers/maps/IndexMapFrames.html | |
| ePath CEPH/Genethon. Genetic map http://www.cephb.fr/ceph-genethon-map.html | |
| ePath CHLC genetic map http://gai.nci.nih.gov/cgi-bin/selectchrom?chromosome=Chromosome+18&reference=v4.chlc.v2.skel | |
| ePath EMBL-EBI Genome Monitoring Table. Daily updates on pace of genomic sequencing http://www.ebi.ac.uk/genomes/mot | |
| ePath Ensembl. Chromosome 18 sequencing http://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/mapview?chr=18 | |
| ePath Gene gateway – exploring genes and genetic disorders. Disease related genes http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/posters/chromosome/chromo18.html | |
| ePath HUGO. General information http://www.gdb.org/hugo/chr18 | |
| ePath Molecular Genetics Laboratories of Julie R. Korenberg. BACs mapped to chromosome 18 by FISH http://www.csmc.edu/genetics/korenberg/bac-sts/ch18.jpg | |
| ePath NCBI. Human–mouse homology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Homology/ | |
| ePath NCBI GeneMap '98. Radiation hybrid map http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genemap98 | |
| ePath NCBI Genome Sequencing. Chromosome 18 sequencing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/seq/ | |
| ePath NCBI Unigene. Unigene gene and EST collection http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/UniGene/Hs_DATA/ChromLists/Chr18.html | |
| ePath OMIM. Disease related genes http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/getmap?chromosome=18&first=+Find+&start=-2 | |
| ePath OMIM Database http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/htbin-post/omim | |
| ePath SNP Consortium Ltd. SNP maps http://snp.cshl.org | |
| ePath UCSC Genome Bioinformatics. Chromosome 18 sequencing http://www.genome.ucsc.edu | |
| ePath Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research. YAC based contig maps http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/cgi-bin/contig/yac_info | |
