Abstract
The distribution of a nucleotide polymorphism in the core promoter of the human B2-bradykinin receptor gene was examined in the population of southern Germany. The allelic frequencies were 0.595 for the C allele and 0.405 for the T allele. The allelic frequencies were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. This new marker provides a valuable tool to assess the risk for putative bradykinin-associated disorders with genetic determinism.
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Braun, A., Maier, E., Kammerer, S. et al. A novel sequence polymorphism in the promoter region of the human B2-bradykinin receptor gene. Hum Genet 97, 688–689 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02281884
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