A complement receptor-1 polymorphism with high frequency in malaria endemic regions of Asia but not Africa

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Thomas, B N ^a   Donvito, B ^b   Cockburn, I ^c   Fandeur, T ^d   Rowe, J A ^c   Cohen, J H M ^b   Moulds, J M ^a,e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^e LifeShare Blood Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement receptors; CR1; Evolution; Malaria

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN BSTNI; PROTEIN HINDIII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAIN MALARIA; CAMBODIA; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B;

EID: 13844320382     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364150     Document Type: Article

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