Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the ALDH2 gene in six Indian populations

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 607-619

  Bhaskar, L V K S ^a,e   Thangaraj, K ^a   Osier, Michael ^b   Reddy, A G ^a   Rao, A Papa ^c   Singh, Lalji ^a   Rao, V R ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Anthropological Survey of India   (India)

^e SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Allelic variation; Linkage disequilibrium; SNP

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALCOHOLISM; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALLELES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 40949108444     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460701581419     Document Type: Article

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