Frequency distribution of PRNP polymorphisms in the Pakistani population

Gene

Volumn 492, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 186-194

  Imran, Muhammad ^a   Mahmood, Saqib ^a   Hussain, Rashid ^b   Abid, Noman B ^c   Lone, Khalid P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

^c LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CJD; Codon 129; Prion diseases; PRNP polymorphism

Indexed keywords

OCTAPEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOPHILIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRIONS;

SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 84155194994     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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