The -22018A allele matches the lactase persistence phenotype in northern Chinese populations

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Xu, Lidan ^a   Sun, Haiming ^a   Zhang, Xuelong ^a   Wang, Jingwei ^a   Sun, Donglin ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Fu, Songbin ^a,b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bio pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province   (China)

Author keywords

Lactase persistence; LCT gene; Northern Chinese population; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LACTASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 76749138002     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365520903414176     Document Type: Article

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