A four base pair insertion in exon 1 of the RPS19 gene is a common polymorphism in African-Americans [3]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 745-746

  Huang, Quillan ^a   Robledo, Sara ^a   Wilson, David B ^a   Bessler, Monica ^a   Mason, Philip J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Diamond Blackfan; Medical genetics; Red cell

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; BASE MISPAIRING; DATA BASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33750557442     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06368.x     Document Type: Letter

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