title: Distribution of plasma alpha-1-B-glycoprotein (A1BG) polymorphism in several populations of the Indian subcontinent.
abstract: The distribution of plasma alpha 1B-glycoprotein (A1BG) was determined by a two-dimensional electrophoresis (agarose-polyacrylamide gel) followed by protein staining in a group of 1099 individuals from 11 populations of the Indian subcontinent. The sample comprised 454 from several tribes of Arunachal Pradesh; 76 Bengali Hundus and 88 Bengali Muslims; 179 Tamil Hindus from Singapore and 107 from India; 81 Tamil Muslims, 48 Sinhalese from Sri Lanka and 66 North Indians. Three common A1BG phenotypes (1-1, 1-2 and 2-2) were observed in this study. One each of a new allele (A1BG*7) in heterozygous form (1-7) was detected respectively among Tamil Hindus of India and Singapore. The phenotypic distribution of A1BG alleles was at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in all the populations. The frequency of A1BG*2 was in general lower in the Mongoloid tribes of Arunachal Pradesh (0.043-0.104) and North Indians (0.068) compared to that in other Indian populations (0.130-0.171) and Sinhalese (0.208).
authors.affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Juneja
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gahne
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics*; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D007194:India; D008957:Models, Genetic; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C048566:A1BG protein, human; D001798:Blood Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007136:Immunoglobulins