Detection of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) mutation in the lepromatous leprosy patients

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-58

  Kang, Tae Jin ^a   Chae, Gue Tae ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lepromatous leprosy; Mycobacterium; Toll like receptor 2

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN VARIANT; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; START CODON; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0034891984     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00239-5     Document Type: Article

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