Population distribution of the methionine allele at the PRNP codon 129 polymorphism in Europe and the Middle East

Human Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-190

  Mercier, Géraldine ^a   Diéterlen, Florent ^a   Lucotte, Gérard ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Anthropology   (France)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; M129V polymorphism; Methionine allele frequencies; Middle East; Prion diseases; Prion protein (PRNP) gene; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALLELES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MIDDLE EAST; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 48749083777     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/1534-6617(2008)80[181:PDOTMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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