Tracing the origin of the most common thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) variants: Preliminary data from the patterns of haplotypic association with two CA repeats

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-323

  Alves, Sandra ^a,b   Rocha, J ^a   Amorim, A ^a   Prata, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AFRICA; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTANT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELES; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; METHYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 4444268912     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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