Vitamin D Receptor Gene Expression and Function in a South African Population: Ethnicity, Vitamin D and FokI.

Polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) have been associated inconsistently with various diseases, across populations of diverse origin. The T(f) allele of the functional SNP FokI, in exon 2 of VDR, results in a longer vitamin D receptor protein (VDR) isoform, proposed to be less active....

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Main Authors: Vanessa O Neill, Furaha Florence Asani, Tamsyn Jacki Jeffery, Donovan Sean Saccone, Liza Bornman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3689684?pdf=render