Trans-ethnic fine mapping of a quantitative trait locus for circulating angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE)

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1077-1084

  McKenzie, Colin A ^a   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^b   Keavney, Bernard ^b   Forrester, Terrence ^a   Ratcliffe, Peter J ^b   Julier, Cécile ^b   Connell, John M C ^c   Bennett, Franklyn ^a   McFarlane Anderson, Norma ^a   Lathrop, G Mark ^d   Cardon, Lon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAMAICA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035337657     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.10.1077     Document Type: Article

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