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Extended structural variation of a pentanucleotide repeat in the GSTP1 gene: characterisation in a normal population and in thyroid and gastric tumours.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jul 2000
Alves C, Silva F, Gusmão L, Seruca R, Soares P, Reis R M, Amorim A
Abstract excerpt
The promoter region of the human GSTP1 gene contains a polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) locus consisting of pentanucleotide repeat units (ATAAA). In this work we report the existence of a total of 26 alleles in a Caucasian population. While differences in size (ranging from one to five base...
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