McGill J R, Yang F, Baldwin W D, Brune J L, Barnett D R, Bowman B H, Moore C M
Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1984;38(2):155-7. doi: 10.1159/000132050.
Human haptoglobin (Hp) is a protein that binds free hemoglobin and circulates in plasma of vertebrates as a tetrachain (alpha beta)2 structure. This study maps HPA and HPB, the genes encoding the Hp alpha and beta chains to human chromosome band 16q22 by in situ hybridization.