High frequencies of short alleles of NOS1 (CA)n polymorphism in β039 carriers from Corsica Island (France)

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-137

  Piras, I S ^a,b   Falchi, A ^c,d   Melis, A ^a   De Cian, M C ^b   Calo C M ^a   Vona, G ^a   Varesi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

039; Asthma; Corsica; NOS1

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXON; FRANCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NOS1 GENE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY;

ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 62949179531     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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