HERC1 polymorphisms: Population-specific variations in haplotype composition

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 402-405

  Yuasa, Isao ^a   Umetsu, Kazuo ^b   Nishimukai, Hiroaki ^c   Fukumori, Yasuo ^d   Harihara, Shinji ^e   Saitou, Naruya ^f   Jin, Feng ^g   Chattopadhyay, Prasanta K ^h   Henke, Lotte ⁱ   Henke, Jürgen ⁱ  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^g INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^h AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁱ Institut fur Blutgruppenforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Haplotype; HERC1; Population study; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HERC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 70349390708     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1582     Document Type: Article

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