Article
Silent APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) gene polymorphism in the Portuguese population.
Gene geography : a computerized bulletin on human gene frequencies - 1 Dec 1995
Marshall B, Isidro G, Boavida M G
Abstract excerpt
We describe a new, silent polymorphism in exon 15 of the APC gene on chromosome 5q in the Portuguese population. The polymorphism is located at codon 1442 and results in a CCT-->CCA (Pro) base transversion, with no amino acid change. Population analysis in unrelated healthy controls indicated tha...
Topics
- Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Exons
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
