Lactase Persistence and Lipid Pathway Selection in the Maasai

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Wagh, Kshitij ^a   Bhatia, Aatish ^a   Alexe, Gabriela ^b,c   Reddy, Anupama ^a   Ravikumar, Vijay ^a   Seiler, Michael ^a   Boemo, Michael ^a   Yao, Ming ^d   Cronk, Lee ^a   Naqvi, Asad ^e   Ganesan, Shridar ^d   Levine, Arnold J ^d,e   Bhanot, Gyan ^a,d,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOSINE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 1; GUANINE; LACTASE; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL REGULATION; CHROMOSOME 2Q; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME REGULATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FIELD STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LACTASE PERSISTENCE; LCT GENE; LIPID DIET; MAASAI; MCM6 GENE; PROMOTER REGION; RAB3GAP1 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP3A; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KENYA; LACTASE; LIPID METABOLISM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RAB3 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84867005777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044751     Document Type: Article

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