Five polymorphisms of the apolipoprotein B gene in healthy bulgarians

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-80

  Horvath, Anelia ^a   Chorbov, Vesselin ^b   Zaharova, Boriana ^b   Ganev, Varban ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APOB polymorphis M; VNTR

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CAUCASIAN; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0344838388     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0022     Document Type: Article

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