Common origin of the I1307K APC polymorphism in Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 555-559

  Patael, Yael ^a   Figer, Arie ^b   Gershoni Baruch, Ruth ^c   Papa, Moshe Z ^a   Risel, Shulamit ^a   Shtoyerman Chen, Rakefet ^a   Karasik, Avraham ^a   Theodor, Livia ^a   Friedman, Eitan ^a,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

APC gene; Common haplotype; DGGE; Founder effect; Germline mutations; Non Ashkenazi Jews

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYPOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JEW; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

FEMALE; GENES, APC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0032809994     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200325     Document Type: Article

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