title: Blood genetic markers in Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh.
abstract: Serum protein (albumin, haptoglobin, ceruloplasmin, transferrin and group-specific component), haemoglobin, and red cell enzyme (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase, esterase D, adenylate kinase, glyoxalase I, phosphoglucomutase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, phosphohexose isomerase and superoxide dismutase) polymorphisms were studied among the Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh. In general, the gene frequencies of the polymorphic systems were similar to those in West Bengal and Assam. There appears to be a relatively strong Mongoloid influence in the present population as evidenced by the presence of HbE and TfDChi, higher frequencies of Hp1 and GcIF, and a lower AK2 frequency.
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000235:genetics; D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000235:genetics; D001459:Bangladesh; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004950:Esterases / Q000235:genetics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000235:genetics; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D007791:Lactoylglutathione Lyase / Q000235:genetics; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000235:genetics; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D014168:Transferrin / Q000235:genetics; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D006242:Haptoglobins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D014168:Transferrin; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D004950:Esterases; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D007791:Lactoylglutathione Lyase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase