The T/G 13915 variant upstream of the lactase gene (LCT) is the founder allele of lactase persistence in an urban Saudi population.

Journal of medical genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Imtiaz, F ^a   Savilahti, E ^a   Sarnesto, A ^a   Trabzuni, D ^a   Al Kahtani, K ^a   Kagevi, I ^a   Rashed, M S ^a   Meyer, B F ^a   Jarvela I ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPSY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ALLELES; BIOPSY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRONS; LACTASE; LACTATES; MODELS, GENETIC; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35448966989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2007.051631     Document Type: Article

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