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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
Metallothioneins are low molecular weight proteins composed of 61-68 amino acid residues, and are characterized by high cysteine content with lack of aromatic amino acids. Because of their rich thiol content, Metallothioneins have crucial biological functions including cell proliferation and apoptosis, homeostasis of essential metals, cellular free radical scavenging, and metal detoxification. In this study, we examined metallothionein 2A isoform in 122 kidney tissues from autopsy cases and 186 blood samples from volunteers and detected A --> G single-nucleotide polymorphism in metallothionein 2A core promoter region of Turkish population. The promoter region of metallothionein 2A was amplified with the PCR technique and the amplified oligonucleotides were digested with BsgI restriction enzyme. The genotype frequencies of the single-nucleotide polymorphism in the societies' metallothionein 2A core promoter region were determined as follows: 87% homozygote typical, 12.3% heterozygote and 0.7% homozygote atypical genotype. The allele frequencies were consistent with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (chi(2) = 0.2719; P > 0.05).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1573-4978
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Metallothionein, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Metals, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Turkey, pubmed-meshheading:19572214-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
The polymorphism of core promoter region on metallothionein 2A-metal binding protein in Turkish population.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. kayaalti@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article