Frequency of LCT-13910C/T and LCT-22018G/A single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with adult-type hypolactasia/lactase persistence among Israelis of different ethnic groups

Gene

Volumn 519, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-70

  Raz, Maytal ^a   Sharon, Yael ^a   Yerushalmi, Baruch ^b   Birk, Ruth ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Lactase persistence; PLD; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ALLELE; ARAB; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ARABS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JEWS; LACTASE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MOROCCO; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84875382669     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.01.049     Document Type: Article

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