Distribution of acetylator genotypes in the coloured population of the Western Cape region of South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 404-406

  Parkin, Donald P ^a   Vandenplas, Michel ^b   Donald, Peter R ^a   Vandenplas, Susanna ^b   Botha, Frederick J H ^a   Seifart, Heiner I ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Pieter P ^a   Van Helden, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALLELE; DNA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CHARACTERIZATION; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031737382     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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