title: Red cell glutathione peroxidase in various Jewish ethnic groups in Israel.
abstract: Red cell glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity has been measured in samples from seven Jewish population groups in Israel. No significant differences were found between the various communities. The mean GSH-Px activity was similar to that observed by Beutler and Matsumoto in Jewish samples from the USA and Israel. According to a genetic model proposed by the above investigators, the sample was subdivided into three phenotypes with low, intermediate and high activity, suggesting gene frequencies of 0.5072 and 0.4928 for the GSH-PxL and GSH-PxH alleles, respectively.
mesh_terms: D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000097:blood*; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D010544:Peroxidases; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase