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Human red cell enzumes distribution in a population sample from bambui (Minas Gerais)

Vera Engrácia^I; Moacyr Antonio Mestriner^II; Henrique Kriegers^I

^IDepartamento de Genética, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, 23095 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Send correspondence to V.E.
^IIDepartamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina, USP, 14049 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Genetic polymorphism of four red cell enzymes (ACP1, ADA, PEPA and ESA) was examined in a sample of 390 individuals from a trihybrid population. Only common alleles were detected, except the ESA system which presented polymorphic frequency in a variant that may be Tashian's AC variant (Am. J.Hum Genet. 17:257-272,1965) or the ESA*D_MAC1 variant (Neel et al., Hum Genet. 36:81-107,1977). Gene and phenotype distributions are presented. They were found at a frequency similar to those of other populations.

Keywords: Human red cell enzymes.

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