Article
T cell receptor polymorphisms in Caucasians and Polynesians.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Dec 1993
Abbott W G, Tan P L, Skinner M A, Marbrook J, Peake J S, Woodfield D G, Geursen A
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to find genetic polymorphisms that might be useful in studies of Polynesian-Caucasian racial admixture and Polynesian disease susceptibility. The allele frequencies of six T cell receptor locus RFLP were measured in 73 Caucasians and two Polynesian ethnic groups comp...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA, Complementary
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Independent State of Samoa
- Male
- New Zealand
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Pregnancy
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
- White People
