Transcriptional regulation of the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene by polymorphisms associated with adult-type hypolactasia

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 647-652

  Kuokkanen, M ^b,c   Enattah, N S ^b,c   Oksanen, A ^d   Savilahti, E ^b   Orpana, A ^a   Jarvela I ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Herttoniemi Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDASE; GUANINE; LACTASE; SUCRASE; THYMINE;

ADULT; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; ALLELES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUCRASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0038476614     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.5.647     Document Type: Article

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