Butyrylcholinesterase genetic variability in Guarani Amerindians from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-13

  Furtado, Lupe ^a   Souza, Ricardo L R ^a   Tsuneto, Luiza T ^b   Petzl Erler, Maria Luiza ^a   Chautard Freire Maia, Eleidi A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A allele; BCHE gene; F 2 and K alleles; Guarani Kaiow ; Guarani andeva

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHNOLOGY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645023913     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000100002     Document Type: Article

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