Changing genes; losing lactase

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 617-619

  Grand, R J ^a   Montgomery, R K ^a   Chitkara, D K ^a   Hirschhorn, J N ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDASE; LACTASE;

AGE; BINDING SITE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 2Q; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUROPE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE SECRETION; LPH GENE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LACTASE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0038639082     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.5.617     Document Type: Note

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