Study of human SP-A, SP-B and SP-D loci: allele frequencies, linkage disequilibrium and heterozygosity in different races and ethnic groups

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>SP-A, SP-B, and SP-D are pulmonary surfactant proteins. Several linkage and association studies have been done using these genes as markers to locate pulmonary disease susceptibility genes, but few have studied the markers systematic...

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Main Authors: Floros Joanna, Bentley Christy M, Liu Wenlei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-08-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/4/13