A report on an extremely rare superoxide dismutase phenotype from India.
This paper reports an extremely rare variant phenotype of Superoxide Dismutase (SODA 2) in a female individual belonging to the Shia Muslim population of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, South India whose parents are not consanguineous. This is the third report in the world so far. The corresponding SODA phenotype of other family members of the proposita were also investigated. The results and their significance are discussed in the light of earlier works in India and world populations.
Khaja
M N
MN
Department of Human Genetics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
Veerraju
P
P
Ramesh
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics*
D013482:Superoxide Dismutase