A 122.5-Kilobase deletion of the P gene underlies the high prevalence of oculocutaneous albinism type 2 in the Navajo population

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-72

  Yi, Zanhua ^a,b   Garrison, Nanibaa ^a   Cohen Barak, Orit ^a   Karafet, Tatiana M ^b   King, Richard A ^c   Erickson, Robert P ^a,b   Hammer, Michael F ^b   Brilliant, Murray H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM TYPE 2; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KUNA; LAGUNA; OXALIS TUBEROSA;

EID: 0037219561     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345380     Document Type: Article

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