Deletions in the Y-derived amelogenin gene fragment in the Indian population

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kashyap, V K ^a,b   Sahoo, Sanghamitra ^a   Sitalaximi, T ^a   Trivedi, R ^a  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

^b National Institute of Biologicals   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MONGOLOID RACE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; SAMPLE; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMELOGENIN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, SRY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 33646353399     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-37     Document Type: Article

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