Detection of the CCR5-Δ32 HIV resistance gene in Bronze Age skeletons

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-374

  Hummel, S ^a   Schmidt, D ^a   Kremeyer, B ^a   Herrmann, B ^a   Oppermann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; CCR5; Chemokine receptor; HIV; Plague

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; DNA;

ALLELE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLAGUE; POPULATION GENETICS; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PLAGUE; RECEPTORS, CCR5; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 21344467949     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364172     Document Type: Article

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