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Evidence for a Null allele at the Esterase D (EC 3.1.1.1) locus

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Electrophoretic and quantitative assays of esterase D in a Caucasian family demonstrate the inheritance of a null allele, which was observed in the heterozygous state in six individuals.

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  1. Division of Medical Genetics, Department of, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    R. S. Sparkes, Maryellen C. Sparkes & M. Crist

  2. Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    R. S. Sparkes

  3. Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    R. S. Sparkes

  4. Section on Psychogenetics, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    S. Targum & E. Gershon

  5. Forensic Science Group, Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    G. F. Sensabaugh

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Sparkes, R.S., Targum, S., Gershon, E. et al. Evidence for a Null allele at the Esterase D (EC 3.1.1.1) locus. Hum Genet 46, 319–323 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273315

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