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Frequency of the G6PD nt 1311 C/T polymorphism in English and Iranian populations: relevance to studies of X chromosome inactivation.
  1. Y Mortazavi,
  2. R Chopra,
  3. E C Gordon-Smith,
  4. T R Rutherford
  1. Division of Haematology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

    Abstract

    X chromosome inactivation is widely studied using DNA sequence polymorphisms and DNA methylation as a surrogate measure of inactivation, but the correlation of methylation with inactivation is not perfect. Thus, it may be better to study sequence polymorphisms expressed in the mRNA. A recent paper reported use of a silent C/T polymorphism at nt 1311 of the G6PD cDNA, and this polymorphism was reported to have a frequency of 40% in all ethnic groups. We have screened 218 English and 50 Iranian subjects by PCR and restriction digestion; 53/218 (24%) British and 22/50 (44%) Iranian subjects were heterozygous. Thus, X inactivation studies using this polymorphism may be useful in some populations, including Iran, but much less so in the UK.

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