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A novel 8-bp bi-allelic insertion/deletion polymorphism is described within a polyadenylate stretch in the second intron of the human atrial natriuretic peptide gene locus. This new marker is located in the candidate gene for familial susceptibility to hypertension.
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Ramasawmy, R., Lu, C.Y., Kok-Sun, N. et al. Insertion/deletion polymorphism within a polyadenylate stretch at the human atrial natriuretic peptides (hANP) gene locus. Hum Genet 93, 355–356 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00212041
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