DNA multiallelic systems reveal gene/longevity associations not detected by diallelic systems. The APOB locus

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 312-318

  De Benedictis, G ^a   Falcone, E ^a   Rose, G ^a   Ruffolo, R ^a   Spadafora, P ^a   Baggio, G ^b   Bertolini, S ^c   Mari, D ^d   Mattace, R ^e   Monti, D ^f   Morellini, M ^g   Sansoni, P ^h   Franceschi, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRON; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TANDEM REPEAT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0031056786     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050364     Document Type: Article

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