Russian mutational spectrum differs from that of their western counterparts

Human Mutation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 439-446

  Curry, John ^a,c   Khaidakov, Magomed ^b   Glickman, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HPRT; Monozygotic twins; Mutational spectra; Russian; T cell clonal assay

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USSR;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034111135     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(200005)15:5<439::AID-HUMU5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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