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. 1980 Dec;96(4):967–974. doi: 10.1093/genetics/96.4.967

Lack of Genic Variation in the Abundant Proteins of Human Kidney

Sandra C Smith 1, Robert R Racine 1, Charles H Langley 1
PMCID: PMC1219311  PMID: 7262545

Abstract

Abundant proteins of 25 human kidneys were surveyed for genic variation by means of two-dimensional electrophoresis. Eighty-three (83) proteins were scored, and no genic variation was detected. This reduction in genic heterozygosity corroborates results determined with two-dimensional electrophoresis in mice and flies. These results suggest that previous estimates of electrophoretic variation may have been in error because of biased selection of loci.

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