A missense mutation (Thr-6Pro) in the lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) gene is present with a high frequency in three different ethnic populations: Impact on serum lipoprotein concentrations

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-267

  Muntoni, Sandro ^a,b   Wiebusch, Heiko ^a   Funke, Harald ^a   Seedorf, Udo ^a   Roskos, Martin ^a   Schulte, Helmut ^a   Saku, Keijiro ^c   Arakawa, Kikuo ^c   Balestrieri, Angelo ^b   Assmann, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID LIPASE; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; JAPAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; JAPAN; LIPASE; LIPOPROTEINS; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030067068     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02265280     Document Type: Article

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