Biochemical characteristics of four common molecular variants in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient Chinese in Singapore.

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Biochemical characteristics of four common molecular variants in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient Chinese in Singapore.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Saha N, Hong S H, Low P S, Tay J S

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Biochemical characteristics were determined for four common molecular variants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and 10 non-deficient Chinese males in Singapore. The variants included one Mediterranean (nt563 C-->T), two Canton (G-->T at nt1376) and one each of Kaiping (1388...

Topics

China
DNA Primers
Erythrocytes
Genetic Variation
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Humans
Kinetics
Point Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Singapore

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