Analysis of the myoglobin gene in tibetans living at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-47

  Moore, Lorna G ^a   Zamudio, Stacy ^a   Zhuang, Jianguo ^a   Droma, Tarshi ^a   Shohet, Ralph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Genetic screening; Hypoxia; Myoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOGLOBIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TIBET;

EID: 0036230883     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702902753639531     Document Type: Article

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