Genotype and allele frequencies of the polymorphic methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene in Turkey

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-54

  Sazci, Ali ^a   Ergul, Emel ^a   Kaya, Guner ^b   Kara, Ihsan ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compound heterozygosity; Genotyping; MTHFR; Polymorphism; Turkish population

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALLELES; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TURKEY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 11244255194     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1132     Document Type: Article

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