ALFRED: allele frequency database
      The ALlele FREquency Database   
ALFRED is a resource of gene frequency data on human populations
supported by the U. S. National Science Foundation.
ALFRED detailed record information

Polymorphism Information

NameALFRED UIDLocus NameLocus Symbol
TPOX (AATG) n tetranucleotide repeatSI001071JThyroid peroxidase TPO
Synonyms: HumTPO ; HUMTPOX ;
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External Resources: GenBank sequence Record   STRBase Record  
References: See References
Polymorphism Description:  One of 13 CODIS Core STR markers. This (AATG) n tetranucleotide repeat is located within intron 10 of the gene TPO.

Allelic nomenclature is based on the number of repeat units.
Alleles:
Allele NameAllele SymbolDescription
1010
10.110.1
10.210.2
1111
1212
1313
1414
1515
16.116.1
55
66
77
88
99
9.29.2

References:
- Anker R, Steinbrueck T, Donis-Keller H. "Tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism at the human thyroid peroxidase (hTPO) locus". Hum Mol Genet. 1:137. (1992) Online citation.

- Sprecher CJ, Puers C, Lins AM, Schumm JW. "General approach to analysis of polymorphic short tandem repeat loci. ". Biotechniques 20:266-76. (1996) Online citation.

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Originally prototyped by Michael Osier with the aid of Kei Cheung
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