New DNA polymorphisms define ethnically distinct haplotypes in the human transferrin receptor gene

Human Heredity

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 245-250

  Van Landeghem, G F ^a   Beckman, L E ^a   Sikstrom C ^a   Saha, N ^b   Kucinskas V ^c   Beckman, L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Linkage disequilibrium; RFLP; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0031687769     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022811     Document Type: Article

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