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Determination of Fatty Acid Oxidation and Lipogenesis in Mouse Primary Hepatocytes
Published on: August 27, 2015
A population study of alpha-keto acid reductase
Abstract:
An electrophoretic survey of 509 individuals of Japanese, Mexican American, American Negro, Eskimo, Amerindian and Anglo-American origin failed to reveal genetically determined variation at the alpha-keto acid reductase locus by starch gel electrophoresis. Additional screening of 232 individuals by thin layer isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gels detected a single phenotype. Interspecific variation at the alpha-keto acid reductase locus is clearly resolved using either method. These results indicate that the alpha-keto acid reductase locus is monomorphic in most human population groups despite earlier results suggesting the existence of genetic polymorphism.
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