Genetic determinants of Tibetan high-altitude adaptation

Human Genetics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 527-533

  Simonson, Tatum S ^a   McClain, Donald A ^a   Jorde, Lynn B ^a   Prchal, Josef T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLN1 PROTEIN; EPAS1 PROTEIN; HBG2 PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HMOX2 PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PPARA PROTEIN; PROCOLLAGEN PROLINE 2 OXOGLUTARATE 4 DIOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; EGLN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1;

ALTITUDE; CHINA; CHINESE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADAPTATION; ANOXIA; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PPAR ALPHA; PROCOLLAGEN-PROLINE DIOXYGENASE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIBET;

EID: 84860845783     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1109-3     Document Type: Review

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