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Prevalence of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene exon 7 Glu298Asp variant in North Eastern India.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 May 2011
Shankarishan Priyanka, Borah Prasanta Kumar, Ahmed Giasuddin, Mahanta Jagadish
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Endothelial nitric oxide is a potent vasodilator and impairment of its generation brought about by gene polymorphism is considered a major predictor for several diseases. A single nucleotide polymorphism G894T within exon 7 of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-7) gene, resulting in a replacement of glutamic acid by aspartic acid, has been studied as a putative candidate gene for...
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