Acetylator phenotypes: allele frequency in northwestern Argentina and review of acetylator distribution in the Americas.

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Acetylator phenotypes: allele frequency in northwestern Argentina and review of acetylator distribution in the Americas.

Human biology - 1 Oct 1998

Dipierri J E, Alfaro E, Bejarano I F, Etchart A A

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We determined acetylator phenotypes by means of a sulfadimidine test and found that 39% of the native population of the province of Jujuy, in northwestern Argentina, have slow acetylators. The frequency of the allele controlling slow acetylation was estimated at q = 0.65 +/- 0.001. This estimate...

Topics

Acetyltransferases
Adolescent
Adult
Americas
Argentina
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Indians, South American
Male
Phenotype

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