A report on an extremely rare superoxide dismutase phenotype from India
Khaja, M.N.; Veerraju, P.; Ramesh, M.
Gene Geography a Computerized Bulletin on Human Gene Frequencies 10(1): 25-30
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0394-249X PMID: 8913719 Document Number: 465373
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.