Intra- and intercontinental molecular variability of an Alu insertion in the 3′ untranslated region of the LDLR gene

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-604

  Heller, A H ^a   Salzano, F M ^a   Barrantes, R ^b   Krylov, M ^c   Benevolenskaya, L ^c   Arnett, F C ^d   Munkhbat, B ^e   Munkhtuvshin, N ^e   Tsuji, K ^f   Hutz, M H ^a   Carnese, F R ^g   Goicoechea, A S ^g   Freitas, L B ^a   Bonatto, S L ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c V A NASONOVA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e Institute of Clinical Pathology   (Mongolia)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^h PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amerindians; LDLR; Low density lipoprotein receptor gene; Mongolians; Siberians

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALU SEQUENCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MONGOLIA; POPULATION; RACE; RECEPTOR GENE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 19944431784     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0056     Document Type: Article

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