[Distribution of the 32 bp deletion in the CCR5 chemokine receptor gene in populations of the Volga-Ural region]

Genetika. 1998 Aug;34(8):1160-2.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Data on the frequency of the CCR5 chemokine receptor-gene 32-bp deletion in seven Turkic (Bashkir, Tatar, and Chuvash) and Finno-Ugric (Mari, Komi, Mordvinian, and Udmurt) populations of the Volga-Ural region, obtained by means of the PCR technique, are presented. The deletion frequency varied from 2.17% in the northwestern ethnogeographic group of Bashkirs to 13.44% in the Tatar population, with a mean frequency value of 7.02% for the region. The only deletion homozygote found belonged to the Udmurt population. The results indicate that the frequency distribution of the mutant allele in Volga-Ural populations coincided with that in European populations.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Base Pairing
  • Female
  • Gene Deletion*
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Heterogeneity*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Receptors, Chemokine / genetics*
  • Russia

Substances

  • Receptors, Chemokine