Characterization of a human alphoid satellite DNA sequence: Potential use in assessing genetic diversity in Indian populations

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-250

  Raina, Anupuma ^a,b   Sulaiman, Irshad M ^b   Ehtesham, Nasreen Z ^b,c   Parimal, Das ^b   Ali, Sher ^b   Dogra, T D ^a   Hasnain, Seyed E ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnlogy   (India)

Author keywords

Chi; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic polymorphism; Repetitive sequence

Indexed keywords

OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; REPETITIVE DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030590355     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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