Ethnic differences in distributions of GSTM1 and GSTT1 homozygous "null" genotypes in India

Human Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 443-450

  Roy, B ^a   Majumder, P P ^a   Dey, B ^a   Chakraborty, M ^a   Banerjee, S ^a   Roy, M ^a   Mukherjee, N ^a   Sil, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnic variation; GSTM1; GSTT1; Indian populations; Positive correlation

Indexed keywords

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; INDIA; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0034958906     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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