Evolution of a VNTR located within the promoter region of the thiopurine methyltransferase gene: Inferences from population and sequence data

Human Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 172-178

  Alves, Sandra ^a   Amorim, António ^a   Prata, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS NONHUMAN DATA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GORILLA GORILLA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PAN (APE);

EID: 0036705566     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0784-5     Document Type: Article

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