title: Polymorphism of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase in the Albanian and Croatian settlements of Molise (Italy).
abstract: Four Albanian and three Croatian communities settled in Molise (Italy) have been investigated for galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) polymorphism. To obtain a detailed identification of each phenotype, electrophoresis and quantitative enzymatic analysis were performed on all samples. In addition to this isoelectric focusing was utilized to confirm and the D and LA variants. The gene frequencies of the different GALT alleles turned out to be: N = 0.912 (Albanians) and N = 0.868 (Croatians); G = 0.004 (Albanians); D = 0.051 (Albanians) and D = 0.081 (Croatians); LA = 0.033 (Albanians) and LA = 0.051 (Croatians). Both variants show frequencies similar to that observed in other Caucasoid populations.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D005694:UTP-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D005694:UTP-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase