A SNP in the ABCC11 gene is the determinant of human earwax type

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Yoshiura, Koh Ichiro ^a,b   Kinoshita, Akira ^a,b   Ishida, Takafumi ^c   Ninokata, Aya ^c   Ishikawa, Toshihisa ^d   Kaname, Tadashi ^b,e   Bannai, Makoto ^f   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^f   Sonoda, Shunro ^g   Komaki, Ryoichi ^h   Ihara, Makoto ^a   Saenko, Vladimir A ^a   Alipov, Gabit K ^a   Sekine, Ichiro ^a   Komatsu, Kazuki ^a   Takahashi, Haruo ^a   Nakashima, Mitsuko ^a,b   Sosonkina, Nadiya ^a,b   Mapendano, Christophe K ^a,b   Ghadami, Mohsen ^a,b   Nomura, Masayo ^a,b   Liang, De Sheng ^b,i   Miwa, Nobutomo ^a,b   Kim, Dae Kwang ^j   Garidkhuu, Ariuntuul ^k   Natsume, Nagato ^k   Ohta, Tohru ^b,l   Tomita, Hiroaki ^m   Kaneko, Akira ⁿ   Kikuchi, Mihoko ^a   Russomando, Graciela ^o   Hirayama, Kenji ^a   Ishibashi, Minaka ^p   Takahashi, Aya ^p   Saitou, Naruya ^p   Murray, Jeffery C ^q   Saito, Susumu ^r   Nakamura, Yusuke ^c,r   Niikawa, Norio ^a,b   more..

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

ⁱ CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^q UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^r INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABCC11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASSAY; CERUMEN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERUMEN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33644631507     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1733     Document Type: Article

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