Genetic variation in hypoxia-inducible factor 1α and its possible association with high altitude adaptation in Sherpas

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-389

  Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Kizaki, T ^a   Hitomi, Y ^a   Nukita, M ^b   Kimoto, K ^a   Miyazawa, N ^a   Kobayashi, K ^c   Ohnuki, Y ^d   Ohno, H ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b World Expeditions Consultants Inc   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0042912795     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00178-6     Document Type: Article

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