Frequencies of promoter pentanucleotide (TTTTA)n of CYP11A gene in European and North African populations

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-96

  Piras, Ignazio ^a,b   Falchi, Alessandra ^b,c   Moral, Pedro ^d   Melis, Alessandra ^a,b   Giovannoni, Laurianne ^b   Paoli, Giorgio ^e   Calò, Carla ^a   Vona, Giuseppe ^a   Varesi, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING);

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; NORTH AFRICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 41449104492     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0060     Document Type: Article

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