Distribution of the CCR5 gene 32-basepair deletion in west Europe. A hypothesis about the possible dispersion of the mutation by the vikings in historical times

Human Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 933-936

  Lucotte, Gérard ^a,b  

^a Intl Institute of Anthropology   (France)

^b Centre De Neutrogénétique Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Chemokine receptor CCR5; Frequencies in Europe; 32 allele

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; DNA;

BASE PAIRING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0034851541     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(01)00292-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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