Evaluation of the genotyping and phenotyping approaches in the investigation of apolipoprotein (a) size polymorphism

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-260

  Valenti, Kita ^a   Aveynier, Eveline ^a   Laporte, François ^a   Hadjian, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Apo (A) alleles; Apo (A) isoforms; Immunoblotting; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS; APOPROTEIN(A); DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030814665     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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