Genotyping an ALAD polymorphism with real-time PCR in two populations from the Iberian Peninsula

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 560-564

  Moreira, Ana O ^a   Almeida, André ^b   Costa, Solange ^a   Laffon, Blanca ^c   García Léston, Julia ^c   Pásaro, Eduardo ^c   Méndez, Josefina ^c   Teixeira, João Paulo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deltaaminolevulinate acid dehydratase; Genetic susceptibility; Genotypic distribution; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AMINOLEVULINIC ACID DEHYDRATASE GENE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PORTUGAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN;

EID: 84866003806     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: 15734927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-012-9500-x     Document Type: Article

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