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Haemolysate samples from 414 unrelated Japanese living in Tokyo were examined for GLO phenotypes by starch gel electrophoresis using a tris-citrate-borate-LiOH buffer system, pH 7.4. Three phenotypes were found which were classified as GLO 1 (2; 0.48%) GLO 2-1 (40; 9.66%) and GLO 2 (372; 89.86%). The corresponding gene frequency forGLO 1 was 0.0531 and that forGLO 2 was 0.9469. It was confirmed that theGLO 1 frequency of Japanese is much lower than the values previously reported for Caucasians and Africans.
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This study was partially aided by the grant of the Ministry of Education, and the grant of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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Hashimoto, M., Harada, S. & Omoto, K. Red cell glyoxalase I polymorphism in Japanese: Confirmation of a lowGLO 1 frequency. Jap J Human Genet 23, 139–143 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02001795
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