Prevalence of homozygosity for the deleted alleles of glutathione S-transferase mu (GSTM1) and theta (GSTT1) among distinct ethnic groups from Brazil: Relevance to enviromental carcinogenesis?

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 210-214

  Arruda, Valder R ^a   Grignolli, Carlos E ^a   Gonçalves, Marilda S ^b   Soares, Manoel C ^c   Menezes, Raimundo ^c   Saad, Sara T O ^a   Costa, Fernando F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; Glutathione S transferase mu gene; Glutathione S transferase theta gene; Mutations; PCR

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031667003     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1998.tb04286.x     Document Type: Article

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