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An Allele-specific Gene Expression Assay to Test the Functional Basis of Genetic Associations
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Immunological studies of families segregating the silent gene for plasma cholinesterase
M Whittaker1, J W Jones, J Braven
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic South West, Plymouth, Devon, UK.
Human Heredity
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Seven families segregating apparently silent gene homozygotes have been investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. These families confirm not only the heterogeneity of the silent gene in the form of E1s and E1t but in 3 families there is support for the segregation of the new gene E1x.
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