Fine-scale SNP map of an 11-kb genomic region at 22q13.1 containing the galectin-1 gene

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-45

  Iida, Aritoshi ^a   Ozaki, Kouichi ^b   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^b   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a,b  

^a RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galectin 1; Galectin 2; Japanese population; Linkage disequilibrium (LD); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); SNP discovery; SNP map

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 1;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DNA; GALECTIN 1; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13844269257     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-004-0218-4     Document Type: Article

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