Polymorphism of Soluble Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase: A New Genetic Marker in Man
Shi-Han Chen 1 and
Eloise R. Giblett 1
1 King County Central Blood Bank, Inc., Terry-at-Madison, Seattle, Washington 98104
Soluble glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) has three common phenotypes, each representing the homozygous and heterozygous expression of two alleles, Gpt1 and Gpt2 at an autosomal locus. The frequencies of these alleles vary considerably from one population to another.