Apolipoprotein B signal peptide polymorphism distribution among South Amerindian populations

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 995-1000

  Demarchi, DARÍO A ^a,b   Marcellino, Alberto J ^a,c   De Basualdo, María De Los Angeles L ^d   Colantonio, Sonia E ^a   De Stefano, G F ^e   Hutz, Mara H ^f   Salzano, Francisco M ^f   Hill, Kim ^g   Hurtado, A Magdalena ^g   Carnese, Francisco R ^h   Goicoechea, Alicia S ^h   Dejean, Cristina B ^h   Guevara, Angel G ⁱ   Crawford, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d Ministerio de Desarrollo Humano   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

ⁱ HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Apolipoprotein B; Signal peptide; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033485694     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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