The 27-bp VNTR polymorphism in intron 4 of the human eNOS gene in healthy Singaporean Chinese, Indians, and Malays

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 52-62

  Gan, Yik Yuen ^a   Chen, Chuan Fei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS); Indians; Malays; Variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN; INTRON; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; TAIWAN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRONS; MALAYSIA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84857054453     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: 15734927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-011-9458-0     Document Type: Article

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