Absence of the genetic variant Val79Met in human chorionic gonadotropin-beta gene 5 in five European populations

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 763-766

  Jiang, Min ^a   Savontaus, Marja Liisa ^a   Simonsen, Henrik ^b,f   Williamson, Catherine ^c   Müllenbach, Roman ^c   Gromoll, Jörg ^d   Terwort, Nicole ^d   Alevizaki, Maria ^e   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genetic variant; hCG 5; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; DNA; GUANINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; EXON; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; GREECE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WILD TYPE;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VALINE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 5044241112     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah098     Document Type: Article

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