title: T cell receptor beta chain RFLP in Chinese, Indians and Malays from Singapore.
abstract: Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the gene encoding the beta chain of the human T cell receptor (TcR) was studied in three ethnic groups in Singapore by Southern blotting. Polymorphism in the beta chain gene was identified in BglII-digested DNA samples using a 770-bp TcR beta cDNA clone containing the joining and constant region segments. The TcR beta/BglII polymorphism was studied in 136 Chinese, 93 Indian and 88 Malay samples. The frequency of the less frequent allele (TcR beta*2) in all the ethnic groups was significantly lower (0.15-0.29, p < 0.01) than that in the Caucasians (0.46). Indians had a significantly lower frequency of this allele (0.15) than the Chinese (0.29) and Malays (0.26).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007214:Indonesia / Q000208:ethnology; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics*; D012846:Singapore; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta