Ethnic variation in the mitochondrial targeting sequence polymorphism of MnSOD

Human Heredity

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 190-193

  Van Landeghem, G F ^a   Tabatabaie, P ^a   Kucinskas V ^b   Saha, N ^c   Beckman, G ^a,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnic heterogeneity; MnSOD; Oligonucleotide ligation assay; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FINLAND; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LITHUANIA; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; SWEDEN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MANGANESE; MITOCHONDRIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SINGAPORE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032802349     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022873     Document Type: Article

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