Variants of red cell enzymes found in Japanese of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Hemoglobin; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3109/03630268008997742· OSTI ID:5880602

Satoh, C; Kageoka, T; Goriki, K

In the course of our search for possible genetic effects of radiation among the children of A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we have obtained considerable electrophoretic data which clearly illustrate some of the genetic characteristics of the populations of both cities, which characteristics, however, have no relationship with radiation exposure of the parents. The frequencies of variants of phosphoglucomutasel (PGM1) and glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI) were observed to be significantly higher in Nagasaki than in Hiroshima. As the difference in the frequencies of transferrin variants between two cities are also significant, it is apparent that the populations of the two cities are genetically different with respect to variation in certain protein systems.

• OSTI ID: 5880602
• Journal Information: Hemoglobin; (United States), Journal Name: Hemoglobin; (United States) Vol. 4:5-6; ISSN HEMOD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
A-BOMB SURVIVORS
ASIA
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGY
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY FLUIDS
ELECTROPHORESIS
ENZYMES
ERYTHROCYTES
GENETICS
GLOBULINS
GLOBULINS-BETA
HIROSHIMA
HUMAN POPULATIONS
ISOMERASES
JAPAN
MATERIALS
METALLOPROTEINS
NAGASAKI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POPULATIONS
PROTEINS
TRANSFERRIN