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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
The frequency and distribution of eight mutations (R111X, IVS4nt-1, Y204C, R243Q, IVS7nt-2, W326X, Y356X, and R413P) in the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene of Orientals in Japan and Korea were examined by allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization. The mutant alleles comprised 54 and 55% of the phenylketonuria (PKU) chromosomes examined in 36 patients in Japan and 10 patients in Korea, respectively. The spectrum of PKU mutations in Japan was similar to that in China, particularly in northern China, but different from that in Korea. The IVS4nt-1 mutation had a high frequency in Korea and southern China, due to the result of the founder effect and genetic drift. The R413P mutation, which may have originated in the regions surrounding the Baikal, expanded to northern China and Japan. We did not find Caucasian mutations in the Japanese or Korean PKU chromosomes. Thus, PKU mutations occurred after racial divergence between Caucasians and Mongoloids, and there were different founding populations for PKU in the two populations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1059-7794
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:geneSymbol
PAH
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
216-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Frequency and distribution of phenylketonuric mutations in Orientals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't