Article
Extensive polymorphism of the FUT2 gene in an African (Xhosa) population of South Africa.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 1998
Liu Y, Koda Y, Soejima M, Pang H, Schlaphoff T, du Toit E D, Kimura H
Abstract excerpt
The human secretor type alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene (FUT2) polymorphism was investigated in Xhosa and Caucasian populations of South Africa by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequencing. Six new base substitutions were found in the coding region of...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Pairing
- Black People
- Fucosyltransferases
- Humans
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- South Africa
- White People
- Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase