A dimorphic Alu Sb-like insertion in COL3A1 is ethnic-specific

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Milewicz, Dianna M ^a   Byers, Peter H ^b   Reveille, John ^a   Hughes, Austin L ^c   Duvic, Madeleine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu sequence; Collagen gene; Polymorphism; Population studies; Repetitive DNA; Retrotransposon; SINES

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRON; PHYLOGENY; RETROPOSON;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLLAGEN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029971711     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02198836     Document Type: Article

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