Characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variants in the Sudan--including GdKhartoum, a hyperactive slow variant.

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Characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variants in the Sudan--including GdKhartoum, a hyperactive slow variant.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 1991

Saha N, Samuel A P

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Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) was characterized in blood samples of 94 male subjects in Sudan having deficient and non-deficient electrophoretic variants. They comprised 44 GdB, 17 GdA, 19 GdB-, 11 GdA- and 3 nondeficient (GdKhartoum) variants. Biochemical characteristics i...

Topics

Alleles
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
Erythrocytes
Genetic Variation
Guanosine Diphosphate
Humans
Iodoacetates
Iodoacetic Acid
Male
Maleates
Sudan
Tromethamine
World Health Organization

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