Presence of allele α(LELY) in an Amazonian Indian population

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 212-214

  Bassères, Daniela S ^a   Salles, Tereza S I ^a   Costa, Fernando F ^a   Saad, Sara T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

spectrin; Allele (LELY); Amazonian Indians; Brazilian population; South America

Indexed keywords

DNA; FODRIN; PRIMER DNA; SPECTRIN;

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INBREEDING; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; NEGRO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; BRAZIL; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0031594459     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199803)57:3<212::AID-AJH5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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