Structural analysis of the minisatellite present at the 3′ end of the human apolipoprotein B gene: New definition of the alleles and evolutionary implications

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Buresi, Catherine ^a   Desmarais, Eric ^a   Vigneron, Suzanne ^a   Lamarti, Hatim ^a   Smaoui, Nizar ^b   Cambien, François ^c   Roizes, Gérard ^a,c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; DNA MINISATELLITE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE STRUCTURE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, SATELLITE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030070926     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.1.61     Document Type: Article

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