Polymorphism due to variable number of repeats in the human involucrin gene.

doi:10.1016/0888-7543(91)90349-j

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Polymorphism due to variable number of repeats in the human involucrin gene.

Genomics - 1 Apr 1991

Simon M, Phillips M, Green H

Abstract excerpt

The coding region of the involucrin gene in higher primates contains a segment consisting of numerous tandem repeats of a 10-codon sequence. The process of repeat addition began in a common ancestor of all higher primates and subsequent repeats were added vectorially. As a result, the principal s...

Topics

Alleles
Base Sequence
Black People
Blotting, Southern
Cloning, Molecular
Codon
DNA
Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Protein Precursors
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
White People

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