A Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism in the Translation Initiation Codon: Effect on Protein Activity and Relation to Bone Mineral Density in Japanese Women
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- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
- Vol. 12 (6) , 915-921
- https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.1997.12.6.915
Abstract
The effect of a T-C transition polymorphism at the translation initiation codon of the human vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene on the biological function of the encoded protein was investigated. Of 239 J...Keywords
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