Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms in 13 Chinese ethnic populations

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-358

  Mao, Renfang ^a   Fan, Yihui ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Sun, Donglin ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Fu, Songbin ^a,b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bio pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese populations; Linkage disequilibrium; MTHFR; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 42949134479     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1450     Document Type: Article

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