DETERMINATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE A2M (2) ALLELE OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS-A IN TUNISIAN POPULATION USING RFLP TECHNIQUE

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作者
FAKHFAKH, F [1 ]
ROUIS, S [1 ]
MAKNI, H [1 ]
AYADI, H [1 ]
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[1] FAC MED SFAX,IMMUNOL LAB,SFAX,TUNISIA
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REVUE FRANCAISE DE TRANSFUSION ET D HEMOBIOLOGIE | 1991年 / 34卷 / 06期
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10.1016/S1140-4639(05)80138-8
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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The human IgA2 subclass has two allotypes A2m(1) and A2m (2). Using the RFLP technique, we determined the A2m(2) frequency in a sample of 29 tunisian individuals. In accordance with Lefranc and all. [6], the presence of a polymorphic EcoRI site of the A2m(2) allele was confirmed in our RFLP study whereas no BamHI nor HindIII polymorphisms were shown. Among the 29 cases studies, 11 were heterozygous A2m2-1, 17 homozygous A2m1-1 and 1 homozygous A2m2-2. The A2m2 allele frequency in the Tunisian population (0,22) is intermediate between the Europeen frequency and the African one.
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