Article
Frequency of the F508 deletion in the CFTR gene in Turkish cystic fibrosis patients.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 1990
Hundrieser J, Bremer S, Peinemann F, Stuhrmann M, Hoffknecht N, Wulf B, Schmidtke J, Reiss J, Maass G, Tümmler B
Abstract excerpt
The F508 deletion in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene was found in 8 out of 30 Turkish cystic fibrosis (CF) chromosomes (27%). Five Turkish delta F508 CF chromosomes were associated with the risk haplotype B in KM19 (2 allele)/XV2c (1 allele). In the Turkish pop...
Topics
- Chromosome Deletion
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Mutation
- Turkey