Haptoglobin gene promoter polymorphism and haplotypes are unique in different populations

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-126

  Teye, Kwesi ^a   Soejima, Mikiko ^a   Quaye, Isaac K E ^b   Pang, Hao ^a   Tsuneoka, Makoto ^a   Koda, Yoshiro ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Ghanaians; Haptoglobin; HP; HP haplotypes; HP promoter polymorphism; South African Europeans

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; GHANA; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33746150015     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0029     Document Type: Article

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