The population distribution of the Met allele at the PRNP129 polymorphism (a high risk factor for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) in various regions of France and in West Europe

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-144

  Lucotte, Gérard ^a   Mercier, Géraldine ^a  

^a Centre de Neurogenetique Moleculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; M129V polymorphism; Met allele; Met allele frequencies in France and in Europe; Prion protein gene

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; LATITUDE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AMYLOID; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 11844272717     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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