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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 that the polymorphism was present in 2 out of 50 individuals giving an allele frequency of 0.02 +/- 0.01. The polymorphism...
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