Polymorphisms in the Human High Sulfur Hair Keratin-Associated Protein 1, KAP1, Gene Family

    November 2002 in “ Journal of biological chemistry/˜The œJournal of biological chemistry ”
    Yutaka Shimomura, Noriaki Aoki, Jürgen Schweizer … Masaaki Ito
    Studysummary In this study, researchers found that size polymorphisms in certain hKAP1 genes are linked to the hKAP1.1B and hKAP1.3 genes, arising from intragenic deletions and duplications in Japanese and Caucasian populations.
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