Haplotypes of the human RET proto-oncogene associated with Hirschsprung disease in the Italian population derive from a single ancestral combination of alleles

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-26

  Lantieri, F ^a,b   Griseri, P ^a   Puppo, F ^a   Campus, R ^a   Martucciello, G ^b,c   Ravazzolo, R ^a,b   Devoto, M ^d,e   Ceccherini, Isabella ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haplotype; Hirschsprung disease; Linkage disequilibrium; RET proto oncogene; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN RET;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33644815947     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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